# CVE-2025-3041: Project Worlds Online Time Table Generator updatestudent.php unrestricted upload

> Attackers can upload malicious files via the updatestudent.php script, potentially leading to remote code execution on the server.

- **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`)
- **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:** 31 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 1 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vjmg-6qjc-gxgh

## What is CVE-2025-3041?

CVE-2025-3041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Project Worlds Online Time Table Generator, published on 31 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Project Worlds Online Time Table Generator 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /admin/updatestudent.php. The manipulation of the argument pic leads to unrestricted upload. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-3041?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Projectworlds Online Time Table Generator.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-3041?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3041 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-3041 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-3041 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Project Worlds Online Time Table Generator

- [CVE-2025-70146](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70146/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-70147](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70147/): Missing authorization in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-5003](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5003/): projectworlds Online Time Table Generator semester_ajax.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-5004](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5004/): projectworlds Online Time Table Generator add_course.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-5008](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5008/): projectworlds Online Time Table Generator add_teacher.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-3041 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-3041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Project Worlds Online Time Table Generator, published on 31 Mar 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-2025-3041 exists.

Affected product: Project Worlds Online Time Table Generator. 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-2025-3041/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3041/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-3041
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3041
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-3041

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3041/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.