# CVE-2020-25408: Cross-site request forgery in n/a

> A CSRF vulnerability in ProjectWorlds College Management System allows remote attackers to modify, delete, or create student and faculty data.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 May 2021
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qx62-c3rx-4fhq

## What is CVE-2020-25408?

CVE-2020-25408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 May 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability exists in ProjectWorlds College Management System Php 1.0 that allows a remote attacker to modify, delete, or make a new entry of the student, faculty, teacher, subject, scores, location, and article data.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25408?

It affects 1 product.


Products: College Management System Project College Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-25408?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-25408 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-25408 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2022-39180](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39180/): College Management System v1.0 - SQL Injection (SQLi) (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-25409](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25409/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-26051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26051/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-32420](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-32420/): File upload in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-28079](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28079/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-25408 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-25408 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 24 May 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25408 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25408/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25408/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25408
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25408
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-25408

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25408/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.