# CVE-2025-4469: SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System add-admin.php cross site scripting

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via admin form fields in the Online Student Clearance System, potentially compromising user sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 May 2025
- **Updated:** 16 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gggx-5gg2-hxhj

## What is CVE-2025-4469?

CVE-2025-4469 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System, published on 9 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /admin/add-admin.php. The manipulation of the argument txtusername/txtfullname/txtpassword/txtpassword2 leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-94 (Improper Control of Generation of Code), CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4469?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Senior-Walter Online Student Clearance System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-4469?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4469 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-4469 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-4469 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-2025-4469 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-4469 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System, published on 9 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-4469 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-2025-4469/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4469/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4469
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4469
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4469

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4469/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.