Authenticated content deletion via unchecked object IDs
Published Nov 20, 2025 · Updated Nov 20, 2025
Missing authorization in SourceCodester Alumni Management System 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to delete other users' content. Five deletion functions in admin/admin_class.php accept a POST ID and execute SQL DELETE statements without checking content ownership. A regular account and a target object ID are sufficient to erase forum topics, career posts, comments, gallery items, or events, including administrator-owned records.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in SourceCodester Alumni Management System 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to delete other users' content. Five deletion functions in admin/admin_class.php accept a POST ID and execute SQL DELETE statements without checking content ownership. A regular account and a target object ID are sufficient to erase forum topics, career posts, comments, gallery items, or events, including administrator-owned records.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-13468
- Published
- Nov 20, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 20, 2025
- Vendor
- Online Computer and Laptop Store Project
- Product
- Alumni Management System
- Classifications
- CWE-862, CWE-863, T1485
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 20, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Public exploit references
- Authorization Bypass in DELETE Operations proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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