# CVE-2025-15213: code-projects Student File Management System File Download download.php improper authorization

> Remote attackers can bypass authorization in the file download handler to access unauthorized files via the store_id parameter.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/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:** 30 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6mjf-xww7-46hq

## What is CVE-2025-15213?

CVE-2025-15213 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in code-projects Student File Management System, published on 30 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in code-projects Student File Management System 1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /download.php of the component File Download Handler. The manipulation of the argument store_id leads to improper authorization. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-285 (Improper Authorization), CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-15213?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fabian Student File Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-15213?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15213 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-15213 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-15213 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Student File Management System

- [CVE-2025-14640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14640/): code-projects Student File Management System save_student.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-14645](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14645/): code-projects Student File Management System delete_user.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-14646](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14646/): code-projects Student File Management System delete_student.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-14619](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14619/): code-projects Student File Management System login_query.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-14620](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14620/): code-projects Student File Management System login_query.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-15213 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-15213 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in code-projects Student File Management System, published on 30 Dec 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-2025-15213 exists.

Affected product: code-projects 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-2025-15213/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15213/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15213
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15213
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-15213

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