# CVE-2025-11485: SourceCodester Student Grades Management System Manage Users admin.php add_user cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via user management fields, potentially compromising admin sessions and data integrity.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vrxx-w38g-v3f3

## What is CVE-2025-11485?

CVE-2025-11485 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Student Grades Management System, published on 8 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability was determined in SourceCodester Student Grades Management System 1.0. Affected is the function add_user of the file /admin.php of the component Manage Users Page. This manipulation of the argument first_name/last_name causes cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11485?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Remyandrade Student Grades Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-11485?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11485 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-11485 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-11485 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Student Grades Management System

- [CVE-2025-63892](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-63892/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2025-64070](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64070/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2025-13349](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13349/): SourceCodester Student Grades Management System Add New Grade grades.php cross site scripting (medium 5.1)
- [CVE-2025-12332](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12332/): SourceCodester Student Grades Management System admin.php delete_user cross site scripting (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-11485 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-11485 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Student Grades Management System, published on 8 Oct 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-11485 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Student Grades 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-2025-11485/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11485/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11485
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11485
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-11485

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11485/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.