# CVE-2025-4331: SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System login.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the admin login to access or modify database information.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 May 2025
- **Updated:** 20 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rmcv-f79g-83q3

## What is CVE-2025-4331?

CVE-2025-4331 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System, published on 6 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /Admin/login.php. The manipulation of the argument id/username/password leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public 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-2025-4331?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Senior-Walter Online Student Clearance System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-4331?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4331 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-4331 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-4331 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System

- [CVE-2025-60305](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60305/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-14206](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14206/): SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System Fee Table delete-fee.php improper authorization (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-4807](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4807/): SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System exposure of information through directory listing (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-4467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4467/): SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System edit-admin.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-4468](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4468/): SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System edit-photo.php unrestricted upload (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-4331 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-4331 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System, published on 6 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-4331 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Online Student Clearance 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-2025-4331/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4331/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4331
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4331
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4331

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4331/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.