# CVE-2023-7058: SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System path traversal

> Remote attackers can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the page argument to read arbitrary files from the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 17 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q72c-xcw3-m4xj

## What is CVE-2023-7058?

CVE-2023-7058 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System, published on 22 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the 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 critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument page leads to path traversal: '../filedir'. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-248749 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-24 (Path Traversal: '../filedir')

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-7058?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Simple Student Attendance System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-7058?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-7058 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-7058 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7058 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-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)
- [CVE-2023-6771](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6771/): SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System actions.class.php save_attendance sql injection (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-7058 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-7058 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System, published on 22 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7058 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-2023-7058/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7058/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7058
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7058
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-7058

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7058/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.