Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach web app over network
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ExploitCraft malicious 'Subject' parameter
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ExecutionInject SQL via update action
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ImpactExtract or tamper with database records
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 HTTP access to the 'update' action of the administrative assessment handler at /reviewer_0/admins/assessments/Subject/btn_functions.php, supplying attacker-controlled input in the 'Subject' parameter. The supplied CVSS vector states PR:N (no authentication), but the '/admins/' path strongly implies an authenticated admin/reviewer session is normally required to reach this endpoint - this is the key limiting factor and should be confirmed against the deployed application's access controls. No special non-default configuration is indicated, and no user interaction is needed. The overarching practical limiter is deployment scarcity: the affected product is rarely run in production. |
| Impact | This is a textbook low-to-moderate real-world risk despite the medium CVSS 4.0 score of 6.9. Signals cross-referenced: the provided CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) with E:P indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity injection with proof-of-concept exploit maturity, and the vendor-rated impacts are uniformly LOW (VC:L/VI:L/VA:L) rather than the HIGH values typical of unconstrained SQLi - suggesting limited data exposure or a constrained injection context. No EPSS score was provided, and the CVE is NOT on CISA KEV, so there is no evidence of active exploitation; publicly available exploit code exists (GitHub PoC) but PoC availability must not be conflated with in-the-wild use. A notable conflict: the CVSS vector asserts PR:N (unauthenticated) yet the vulnerable endpoint path is '/reviewer_0/admins/assessments/Subject/btn_functions.php', an administrative function that in most SourceCodester applications sits behind a login - verify whether authentication is actually required before trusting the unauthenticated rating. The single most important mitigating factor is prevalence: SourceCodester Online Reviewer Management System is a small PHP demo/tutorial application with negligible production footprint, so even a trivially exploitable flaw affects very few real environments. Net assessment: low operational priority for most organizations unless this specific application is confirmed deployed and internet-facing. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker sends a crafted request to /reviewer_0/admins/assessments/Subject/btn_functions.php?action=update with a malicious payload in the 'Subject' parameter, injecting SQL into the backend query. A public proof-of-concept exists (GitHub), lowering the skill barrier; given AC:L the attack is reliable, though if the admin endpoint enforces a session the attacker must first obtain valid credentials or an active session. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 05, 2026
SQL injection in SourceCodester Online Reviewer Management System 1.0 allows an attacker to manipulate the SQL statement executed by the administrative assessment handler at /reviewer_0/admins/assessments/Subject/btn_functions.php?action=update by supplying crafted input in the 'Subject' argument, enabling unauthorized read and modification of data stored by the application. Publicly available exploit code exists (referenced through a GitHub proof-of-concept issue linked from the VulDB entry), but there is no CISA KEV listing confirming active exploitation, and no EPSS signal was provided. Impact is bounded rather than catastrophic: our independent assessment (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability effects as low, and exploitation likely requires an authenticated admin/reviewer session to reach the /admins/ path despite the vendor's CVSS 4.0 vector claiming PR:N; the dominant real-world limiter is that this product is rarely run in production.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch or fix version was identified at time of analysis; the VulDB references document the issue and the public proof-of-concept rather than a corrected release, and the vendor's site (https://www.sourcecodester.com/) is the place to check for an updated build. Because the product ships as source code, the primary fix is to rewrite the query behind the 'update' action in /reviewer_0/admins/assessments/Subject/btn_functions.php using parameterized/prepared statements or bound parameters, and to strictly validate the 'Subject' argument against the expected value set; this removes the injection primitive entirely but requires a code change that must be reapplied after any future upstream update (retest after patching). Until that is done, enforce server-side authentication and authorization checks on the /admins/ assessment handler, since our assessment indicates an authenticated admin or reviewer session is normally needed to reach it, and block or IP-restrict access to /reviewer_0/admins/ from untrusted networks. Deploy a WAF rule targeting SQL injection patterns on btn_functions.php with attention to the action=update and Subject parameters as a virtual patch, accepting the trade-off that aggressive signatures may reject legitimate Subject strings containing punctuation; if no maintenance capacity exists, isolate or decommission unnecessary test instances, as the product is rarely used in production. Monitor the advisory at https://vuldb.com/vuln/413452 for an upstream fix, and note that the public exploit at https://github.com/memory0433/cve/issues/1 means unpatched, internet-reachable deployments should be treated as exposed.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The affected component is a PHP web application (tags: PHP, SQLi; CPE cpe:2.3:a:sourcecodester:online_reviewer_management_system:*), distributed by SourceCodester as downloadable source code for academic/reviewer workflows. The flaw is a classic CWE-89 SQL injection: the 'Subject' request parameter reaching /reviewer_0/admins/assessments/Subject/btn_functions.php with action=update is incorporated into a SQL query without proper parameterization or escaping, so an attacker can restructure the query (UNION/boolean/stacked payloads depending on the driver) rather than just read a value. Because the endpoint lives under an /admins/ directory, our assessment scores it as requiring an authenticated session (PR:L), which conflicts with the vendor-supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (PR:N) and the remote, no-user-interaction attributes; a reviewer should verify whether the deployed instance enforces authentication on that script before treating it as pre-auth. Network reachability is trivial (AV:N, AC:L, AT:N) and the effect is limited to the application's own database scope (S:U, SC:N/SI:N/SA:N), with low confidentiality, integrity and availability impact typical of SQL injection against a small application database.
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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
Network-reachable low-complexity SQLi, but the '/admins/' endpoint implies an authenticated session so PR:L; vendor-indicated partial impacts justify C/I/A:L, scope unchanged.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulDB).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB
Lifecycle Timeline
2DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Online Reviewer Management System 1.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the file /reviewer_0/admins/assessments/Subject/btn_functions.php?action=update. Performing a manipulation of the argument Subject results in sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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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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