Authenticated arbitrary file deletion via path traversal
Published May 19, 2025 · Updated May 19, 2025
Path traversal in SourceCodester Student Result Management System 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary files. The Image File Handler in update_student.php accepts traversal sequences in old_photo and uses the resulting path for deletion without confining it to the image directory. Access to the student-update function is required, and deletion is limited to files writable by the web server process but can interrupt service or destroy data.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in SourceCodester Student Result Management System 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary files. The Image File Handler in update_student.php accepts traversal sequences in old_photo and uses the resulting path for deletion without confining it to the image directory. Access to the student-update function is required, and deletion is limited to files writable by the web server process but can interrupt service or destroy data.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-4912
- Published
- May 19, 2025
- Updated
- May 19, 2025
- Vendor
- Online Computer and Laptop Store Project
- Product
- Student Result Management System
- Classifications
- CWE-22, T1070.004
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 19, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 19, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Public exploit references
- Arbitrary File Delete of update_student in SRMS 1.0proof of concept · unverified
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