Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain valid application account
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DeliveryAuthenticate to Student Grades Management System
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ExploitCraft HTTP request with arbitrary classroom_id
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ExecutionSubmit to classroom.php endpoint
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PersistBypass object-level authorization check
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ImpactEnumerate unauthorized student rosters or remove students from targeted classroom
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization verification
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to hold a valid authenticated session in the Student Grades Management System (CVSS PR:L - low privileges), meaning a registered user account is a hard prerequisite. The target endpoint is classroom.php, which must be accessible over the network (AV:N). No user interaction by a victim is required (UI:N), and no additional technology or complex preconditions are specified (AC:L, AT:N). What limits exploitation: the attacker must already have a legitimate account on the specific instance, ruling out unauthenticated mass exploitation. The impact is bounded to classroom enrollment data only (VC:L/VI:L) with no lateral scope change to other system components. Deployments that do not expose classroom.php to untrusted authenticated users (e.g., read-only student portals) reduce practical risk further. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 base score of 2.1 (LOW) is consistent with the limited scope: AV:N confirms network accessibility, AC:L indicates no special conditions, PR:L confirms a valid (low-privileged) account is required, and VC:L/VI:L/VA:L indicate only limited confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact with no scope change (SC:N/SI:N/SA:N). The E:P modifier in the CVSS 4.0 vector confirms the publicly available POC, slightly elevating practical risk over the theoretical base. EPSS at 0.04% (13th percentile) strongly suggests this vulnerability is not being actively leveraged in broad exploitation campaigns. The absence of a CISA KEV listing corroborates low observed exploitation. Real-world risk is further constrained by the niche deployment base - this is a small, community-developed PHP application primarily used in academic settings, not enterprise infrastructure. Overall, this is a low-priority, low-urgency finding for most organizations, though institutions running this specific application should treat it as an authorization design flaw requiring remediation. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated student or low-privileged user logs into the Student Grades Management System and sends a crafted HTTP request to classroom.php, substituting arbitrary classroom_id values to invoke getClassroomStudents and enumerate the student roster of classrooms they are not enrolled in, or calls removeStudentFromClassroom to illicitly remove students from those classrooms. A publicly available exploit repository at https://github.com/Jack-MRJ/Student-Grades-Management-System-Vulnerability-Report demonstrates the exact request format, lowering the barrier for exploitation by unsophisticated attackers with valid credentials. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 08, 2026
Improper authorization in SourceCodester Student Grades Management System 1.0 allows authenticated remote attackers to manipulate the classroom_id parameter within classroom.php to access or modify classroom enrollment data beyond their authorized scope. The vulnerability affects the getClassroomStudents and removeStudentFromClassroom functions, enabling unauthorized listing of enrolled students or removal of students from classrooms the attacker does not administer. A publicly available proof-of-concept exploit exists on GitHub, though EPSS places exploitation probability at just 0.04% (13th percentile), and the vulnerability is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch has been identified at time of analysis; the SourceCodester project has not published a security advisory or fixed release. Administrators running Student Grades Management System 1.0 should implement server-side authorization checks within classroom.php to verify that the authenticated user's session is associated with the requested classroom_id before executing getClassroomStudents or removeStudentFromClassroom - this is the primary architectural fix. As a compensating control, restrict access to classroom.php endpoints to specific authenticated roles (e.g., only instructors assigned to a classroom), enforced at the application or web server level via access control lists. Additionally, consider disabling the removeStudentFromClassroom function entirely for student-level roles until a proper fix is implemented, accepting the trade-off that bulk enrollment management may require administrative intervention. Monitor application logs for anomalous classroom_id enumeration patterns. Reference the public POC at https://github.com/Jack-MRJ/Student-Grades-Management-System-Vulnerability-Report to understand the exact request structure being exploited.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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The affected application is a PHP-based educational management system developed by SourceCodester, identified via CPE cpe:2.3:a:sourcecodester:student_grades_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*. The root cause is CWE-285 (Improper Authorization), meaning the server-side logic in classroom.php fails to verify that the authenticated user is actually authorized to operate on the classroom_id value supplied in the request. Both the getClassroomStudents and removeStudentFromClassroom functions accept a user-controlled classroom_id without enforcing object-level authorization - a class of vulnerability also known as Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR). This is a well-understood PHP application security failure where session/authentication checks are present but authorization enforcement against specific resource ownership is absent.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
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2DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability was determined in SourceCodester Student Grades Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getClassroomStudents/removeStudentFromClassroom of the file classroom.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument classroom_id can lead to improper authorization. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
A vulnerability was determined in SourceCodester Student Grades Management System 1.0. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8),
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Improper authorization in SourceCodester Student Grades Management System 1.0 permits authenticated remote attackers to
Cross-site request forgery in SourceCodester Student Grades Management System 1.0 enables remote attackers to perform un
A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Student Grades Management System 1.0.php of the component Add New Grade
Cross-site scripting in SourceCodester Student Grades Management System 1.0 allows a low-privileged authenticated attack
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in SourceCodester Student Grades Management System 1.0 allows authentica
Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in SourceCodester Student Grades Management System 1.0 allows authenticated administra
EUVD-2026-31722
GHSA-vrf4-h9f2-qjfw
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