# CVE-2025-13468: SourceCodester Alumni Management System Delete admin_class.php delete_event authorization

> Remote attackers can delete administrative records in SourceCodester Alumni Management System due to missing authorization checks in the delete handler.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/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:** 20 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r889-3vxh-6h94

## What is CVE-2025-13468?

CVE-2025-13468 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SourceCodester Alumni Management System, published on 20 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A weakness has been identified in SourceCodester Alumni Management System 1.0. This issue affects the function delete_forum/delete_career/delete_comment/delete_gallery/delete_event of the file admin/admin_class.php of the component Delete Handler. Executing manipulation of the argument ID can lead to missing authorization. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13468?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Alumni Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-13468?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13468 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-13468 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-13468 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Alumni Management System

- [CVE-2025-13059](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13059/): SourceCodester Alumni Management System manage_career.php sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-13468 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-13468 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SourceCodester Alumni Management System, published on 20 Nov 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-2025-13468 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Alumni 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-2025-13468/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13468/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13468
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13468
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-13468

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-13468/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.