Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessLocate exposed reviewer-management instance
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ExploitSend request with malicious courseID
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ExecutionInject SQL into unsanitized query
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ImpactExtract database contents (credentials/PII)
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 | Requires a reachable deployment of SourceCodester Online Reviewer Management System 1.0 with the /reviewer_0/admins/assessments/course/btn_functions.php endpoint accessible to the attacker. Exploitation targets the courseID parameter and needs no user interaction; the vendor vector asserts no authentication (PR:N), but because the file lives under an /admins/ directory, unauthenticated reachability depends on the app lacking a session/authorization guard on that path - a common but unverified trait of SourceCodester projects. No non-default configuration is otherwise required. |
| Impact | This is a classic high-CVSS-number-but-modest-real-risk issue. The vendor CVSS 4.0 base of 6.9 rests on unauthenticated network exploitation (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) but tempers all three impact metrics to Low (VC:L/VI:L/VA:L), and the vector explicitly carries E:P (Proof-of-Concept exploit maturity), consistent with the publicly disclosed POC on GitHub (orzl1/cve issue #1). No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no evidence of active exploitation are present in the data - exploitation status is 'publicly available exploit code exists,' which is a distinct and weaker signal than in-the-wild abuse. The SSVC-style read is: exploitation=PoC (public code, not observed active), technical impact partial. The impact rating is arguably understated for a SQL injection: successful injection typically enables full read of the backing database (admin credential hashes, user PII), so I would independently raise confidentiality toward High. The overwhelming risk-limiting factor is prevalence: SourceCodester's Online Reviewer Management System is a free hobbyist PHP tutorial project with no meaningful production footprint, so aggregate real-world exposure is minimal. The affected file path sits under /admins/, which conflicts with the vendor's PR:N (unauthenticated) claim - SourceCodester apps frequently omit auth guards on admin endpoints, but this should be verified against the source before relying on unauthenticated reachability. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker sends an HTTP request to /reviewer_0/admins/assessments/course/btn_functions.php with a crafted courseID parameter carrying SQL metacharacters, which is concatenated into a backend query unsanitized. A public proof-of-concept exists (GitHub orzl1/cve issue #1), and because CVSS indicates low attack complexity and no privileges, an attacker can automate union/blind extraction of database contents including administrator credentials. The unauthenticated claim (PR:N) should be confirmed, since the endpoint resides under an /admins/ path. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 20, 2026
SQL injection in SourceCodester Online Reviewer Management System 1.0 lets remote attackers inject arbitrary SQL through the courseID argument handled by /reviewer_0/admins/assessments/course/btn_functions.php, giving read access to backend data and limited ability to modify or disrupt it (integrity and availability impact rated Low, confidentiality High in our independent assessment). Publicly available exploit code exists - a proof-of-concept has been published via the GitHub issue referenced by VulDB - and the vendor-supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) claims unauthenticated, no-interaction exploitation. Despite the 6.9 score, real-world risk is bounded: exploitation requires that the script be reachable, and because it lives under an /admins/ directory, practical unauthenticated access depends on the deployment lacking a session or authorization guard on that path, a common but unverified trait of SourceCodester projects. No CISA KEV entry or confirmed in-the-wild exploitation was identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis - SourceCodester has published no fixed version for this SQL injection, and the CPE entry carries a wildcard version with no upgrade target. Primary fix must therefore be code-level: rewrite the courseID handling in /reviewer_0/admins/assessments/course/btn_functions.php to use parameterized/prepared statements (PDO or mysqli with bound parameters) and cast courseID to an integer before use; this eliminates the root cause but requires the operator to fork and maintain the demo code, since upstream will not supply a patch. Until that is done, the most effective compensating control is to block the entire /reviewer_0/admins/ path at the web server or reverse proxy (Apache/nginx deny rules or an IP allowlist) - the trade-off is that legitimate administrators lose remote access to the management UI and must use an internal network or VPN. Enforcing a session/authorization check on that script (which the /admins/ directory implies should already exist) closes the unauthenticated path the vendor vector assumes, with the side effect of breaking any workflow that relies on the endpoint being reachable without a login. A WAF rule matching SQL metacharacters in courseID provides interim protection but is trivially bypassable via encoding, and removing or renaming btn_functions.php is an option only if the course-assessment feature is not needed. Monitor the referenced VulDB entries (https://vuldb.com/vuln/407931 and /cti) for a vendor fix, and treat any deployment of Online Reviewer Management System 1.0 as untrusted code given the publicly available exploit at https://github.com/orzl1/cve/issues/1.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The flaw is a classic CWE-89 SQL injection in a PHP web application. The affected script, btn_functions.php under the "course" assessments module, takes the courseID request parameter and - as is typical of SourceCodester sample/demo projects - concatenates it into a SQL statement without parameterization or type enforcement, so attacker-controlled input is interpreted as SQL syntax rather than data. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:sourcecodester:online_reviewer_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses a wildcard version, meaning the whole 1.0 codebase is affected and no fixed release is enumerated. Tags confirm the stack as PHP with a SQL backend, and the injection point is part of the administrative assessment/course management workflow (/reviewer_0/admins/assessments/course/). Attack does not require user interaction and, per the vendor vector, needs no prior authentication; our assessment nonetheless flags that the /admins/ path prefix implies a session/authorization guard would normally protect this endpoint, and whether that guard is enforced in the shipped demo code is not verified. Successful exploitation primarily exposes database contents (confidentiality High) with limited ability to alter or degrade availability (Low), consistent with a single-parameter injection rather than a stacked-query or file-write primitive.
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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
Unauthenticated remote SQLi with low complexity; confidentiality raised to High for full DB read, with limited integrity/availability write impact via injection.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulDB).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB
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2DescriptionCVE.org
A security vulnerability has been detected in SourceCodester Online Reviewer Management System 1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /reviewer_0/admins/assessments/course/btn_functions.php. Such manipulation of the argument courseID leads to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used.
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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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