# CVE-2025-4468: SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System edit-photo.php unrestricted upload

> Attackers can upload malicious files via the edit-photo.php endpoint to execute arbitrary code on the server.

- **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:** 9 May 2025
- **Updated:** 9 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hgrp-p24x-8rqw

## What is CVE-2025-4468?

CVE-2025-4468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System, published on 9 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System 1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /edit-photo.php. The manipulation of the argument userImage leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be initiated 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-2025-4468?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Senior-Walter Online Student Clearance System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-4468?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4468 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-4468 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4468 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## 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-2025-4331](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4331/): SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System login.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-4468 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-4468 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System, published on 9 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-4468 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-2025-4468/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4468/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4468
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4468
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4468

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4468/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.