Attack ChainAIDerived
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AccessObtain low-privilege account credentials
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DeliveryAuthenticate to student-management-system
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ExploitSend crafted request to Certificate Verification Endpoint
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ExecutionInject malicious SQL via nic parameter
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ImpactExtract or modify records from application database
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a valid low-privilege account in the student management system (PR:L per CVSS 4.0 vector) - unauthenticated external exploitation is not indicated by available data. The vulnerable code path is specifically the |
| Impact | The CVSS 4.0 score of 2.1 is unusually low for a network-accessible SQL injection and warrants explanation. The vector AV:N/AC:L/AT:N establishes trivial remote reachability with no special conditions, but PR:L (low privileges required) confirms that unauthenticated exploitation is not indicated - a valid account is needed. The impact triad VC:L/VI:L/VA:L and the absence of any subsequent-system impact (SC:N/SI:N/SA:N) reflect that the database likely contains only student and grade records with limited downstream systemic consequence. Counterweighing the low score: the E:P supplemental metric confirms a public proof-of-concept exists, substantially lowering attacker skill requirements. There is no CISA KEV listing and no EPSS data provided in available intelligence, so widespread automated exploitation cannot be confirmed. The realistic priority is moderate for any internet-facing deployment: the PoC is accessible, the attack is low-complexity once authenticated, and no vendor patch is available. For internal-only academic deployments with restricted login access, real-world risk is meaningfully lower. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A student or staff member with a valid low-privilege account submits a crafted value for the |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 08, 2026
SQL injection in the getStatus function of controllers/GradeController.php within Kushan2k's student-management-system exposes the Certificate Verification Endpoint to database manipulation by low-privileged remote attackers via the nic parameter. A publicly available exploit (proof-of-concept via GitHub issue) lowers the practical bar for abuse despite the CVSS 4.0 base score of 2.1. No patch has been released, and the maintainer has not responded to responsible disclosure, leaving all deployments through commit f16a4ceaddd6729c4b306ed4641cda3176c1ef2a unprotected.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch has been identified at time of analysis - the maintainer was notified via GitHub issue (https://github.com/Kushan2k/student-management-system/issues/2) but has not responded. The definitive fix is to refactor the getStatus function in controllers/GradeController.php to use PHP PDO or MySQLi prepared statements for the nic parameter, which eliminates the injection surface entirely. As an immediate compensating control, restrict access to the Certificate Verification Endpoint to the minimum necessary authenticated user roles and consider disabling it entirely if not in active operational use - this raises the bar from PR:L to no access at all. Deploying a WAF rule targeting SQL injection patterns in the nic parameter provides a secondary layer but is bypass-prone and should not be treated as equivalent to a code fix. Monitor the GitHub repository and VulDB entry at https://vuldb.com/vuln/369095 for any upstream patch commits.
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The vulnerability is a textbook CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in an SQL Command) in a PHP application. The getStatus function in controllers/GradeController.php passes the user-supplied nic argument - likely representing a National Identity Card number used for student certificate lookups - directly into a database query without parameterization or adequate sanitization. This allows an attacker to break out of the intended query context and inject arbitrary SQL. The full affected product scope is captured by CPE cpe:2.3:a:kushan2k:student-management-system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, covering the entire codebase through the identified commit hash. The project is PHP-based with no discrete release versioning, meaning the vulnerable code exists across all forks and deployments that have not independently patched the file.
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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 weakness has been identified in Kushan2k student-management-system up to f16a4ceaddd6729c4b306ed4641cda3176c1ef2a. Affected by this vulnerability is the function getStatus of the file controllers/GradeController.php of the component Certificate Verification Endpoint. Executing a manipulation of the argument nic can lead to sql injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This product operates on a rolling release basis, ensuring continuous delivery. Consequently, there are no version details for either affected or updated releases. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
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Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
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