Attack ChainAIDerived
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AccessIdentify internet-exposed admin/config.php
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ExploitSend unauthenticated HTTP request to auth bypass
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ExecutionAccess administrative backend without credentials
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ImpactRead or manipulate student records and system configuration
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Authentication mechanism validation
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Defense Evasion, Initial Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | No special conditions are required - remote unauthenticated exploitation is possible against default configurations of Student-Management-System, as confirmed by the CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N). The sole deployment prerequisite is that the application's admin/config.php endpoint is reachable from the attacker's network (i.e., the /admin/ path is not blocked by a firewall or web server access control). No authentication, no user interaction, no non-default configuration, and no specific platform condition is required. Exploitation is limited to the application layer - the CVSS scope components (SC:N/SI:N/SA:N) indicate the attacker is constrained to the web application's own data and functionality and cannot directly compromise the underlying operating system or adjacent services through this flaw alone. |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 score of 5.5 (Medium) reflects network-accessible, zero-complexity, unauthenticated exploitation but with limited impact scope: confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts are all rated Low (VC:L/VI:L/VA:L), and there is no scope change to subsequent system components (SC:N/SI:N/SA:N). This constrains the blast radius to the application layer. However, two signals elevate real-world priority above the medium score: first, the E:P (Exploit Maturity: Proof of Concept) modifier confirms functional exploit code is publicly accessible, dramatically lowering attacker skill requirements; second, the vendor has not responded to disclosure, meaning there is no patch timeline. No EPSS score was provided in the input data - this gap should be filled before finalizing prioritization. No CISA KEV listing exists, so widespread active exploitation is not confirmed, but the combination of a trivially exploitable auth bypass, public POC, and unpatched state in a student records system (which likely holds PII) creates meaningful real-world risk for any internet-exposed deployment. The limited CVSS impact scores should not be used as the sole triage signal here. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An unauthenticated remote attacker identifies an internet-exposed Student-Management-System instance and sends a crafted HTTP request directly to the admin/config.php endpoint, exploiting the authentication bypass to gain access to the administrative backend without credentials. Using the publicly available proof-of-concept exploit documented in GitHub issue #2, the attacker can enumerate student records, exfiltrate PII, or modify system configuration. No special tooling or elevated skill is required given the low attack complexity (AC:L) and absence of prerequisites. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 03, 2026
Authentication bypass in ealpha072's Student-Management-System PHP application exposes the administrative backend to remote unauthenticated attackers via a flaw in admin/config.php. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) confirms zero prerequisites - no privileges, no user interaction, no special attack conditions - and a proof-of-concept exploit is publicly available via a GitHub issue report. The vendor has not responded to responsible disclosure and no patched release has been issued, leaving all deployments at or before commit 01451bd7a2f58cdda07bd0b86e3967582e3ecd08 without an official remediation path.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch has been identified at time of analysis, and the vendor has not responded to the disclosure. As an immediate compensating control, restrict network access to the /admin/ directory using web server access controls - for Apache, add a Require ip directive in .htaccess to limit access to trusted IP ranges; for nginx, use an allow/deny block on the /admin location. Note that this breaks legitimate admin access from non-allowlisted IPs and requires maintaining an up-to-date allowlist. As a code-level interim fix, add an explicit PHP session authentication check at the top of admin/config.php (e.g., verifying a session variable set only after successful login and redirecting unauthenticated requests) - this requires code modification and testing. Do not expose this application to the public internet without one of these controls in place. Monitor the GitHub repository (https://github.com/ealpha072/Student-Management-System/) and the VulDB entry (https://vuldb.com/vuln/368139) for any upstream commits that address the issue. Organizations managing sensitive student PII should evaluate whether to replace or fork this project given the vendor's lack of response.
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Student-Management-System is a PHP-based web application developed by ealpha072 (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:ealpha072:student-management-system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) designed to manage student records through an administrative backend. The vulnerability resides in admin/config.php, a file typically responsible for authentication bootstrapping, session initialization, or access control gating in PHP applications. CWE-287 (Improper Authentication) identifies the root cause class: the application either fails to enforce credential verification on this endpoint, skips authentication checks via a logic flaw, or accepts manipulated input that circumvents the auth guard. In PHP applications, this pattern commonly manifests as missing session_start() checks, absent require() calls for auth includes, or conditional logic that can be bypassed by manipulating request parameters or cookies. The rolling-release delivery model means no formal version tags exist, making patch identification dependent on commit-level tracking.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/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 identified in ealpha072 Student-Management-System up to 01451bd7a2f58cdda07bd0b86e3967582e3ecd08. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file admin/config.php of the component Administrative Backend. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. This product utilizes a rolling release system for continuous delivery, and as such, version information for affected or updated releases is not disclosed. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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