# CVE-2023-6618: SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System index.php file inclusion

> Attackers can exploit file inclusion in index.php to execute arbitrary code or read sensitive files in the Simple Student Attendance System.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 27 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2p9f-mh54-8vg9

## What is CVE-2023-6618?

CVE-2023-6618 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System, published on 8 Dec 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument page leads to file inclusion. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-247255.

Weakness: CWE-610 (Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere), CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6618?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Simple Student Attendance System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-6618?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6618 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6618 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6618 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System

- [CVE-2023-51801](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51801/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-1923](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1923/): SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System List of Classes Page ajax-api.php delete_student sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-7058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7058/): SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System path traversal (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-25551](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-25551/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-51802](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-51802/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6618 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6618 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System, published on 8 Dec 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6618 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System. 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-2023-6618/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6618/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6618
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6618
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6618

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6618/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.