# CVE-2025-10421: SourceCodester Student Grading System update_account.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in update_account.php to manipulate or access database records in the Student Grading System.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **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:** 15 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w5rf-4q29-rrhv

## What is CVE-2025-10421?

CVE-2025-10421 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Student Grading System, published on 15 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw has been found in SourceCodester Student Grading System 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /update_account.php. Executing manipulation of the argument ID can lead to sql injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command), CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10421?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Student Grading System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-10421?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10421 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-10421 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-10421 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Student Grading System

- [CVE-2022-28024](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28024/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-28025](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28025/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-28026](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28026/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-27304](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27304/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-10418](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10418/): SourceCodester Student Grading System view_students.php sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-10421 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-10421 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Student Grading System, published on 15 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-10421 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Student Grading 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-2025-10421/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10421/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10421
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10421
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-10421

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10421/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.