# CVE-2025-10481: SourceCodester Online Student File Management System remove_file.php sql injection

> Attackers can exploit SQL injection in remove_file.php to read or modify database contents in the Online Student File Management 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:** 16 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mfh8-885w-h39j

## What is CVE-2025-10481?

CVE-2025-10481 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Student File Management 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 security vulnerability has been detected in SourceCodester Online Student File Management System 1.0. This impacts an unknown function of the file /remove_file.php. The manipulation of the argument ID leads to sql injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been disclosed publicly 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-2025-10481?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Janobe Online Student File Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-10481?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10481 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-10481 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-10481 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Online Student File Management System

- [CVE-2025-10479](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10479/): SourceCodester Online Student File Management System index.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-10482](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10482/): SourceCodester Online Student File Management System index.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-10593](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10593/): SourceCodester Online Student File Management System update_student.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-10594](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10594/): SourceCodester Online Student File Management System delete_student.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-10595](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10595/): SourceCodester Online Student File Management System delete_user.php sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-10481 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-10481 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Student File Management 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-2025-10481 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Online Student File Management 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-2025-10481/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10481/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10481
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10481
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-10481

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.