# CVE-2025-4720: SourceCodester Student Result Management System drop_student.php path traversal

> Remote attackers can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the drop_student.php script to read or modify arbitrary files on the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/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:** 15 May 2025
- **Updated:** 16 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-728g-2vgp-mc3v

## What is CVE-2025-4720?

CVE-2025-4720 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SourceCodester Student Result Management System, published on 15 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Student Result Management System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file academic/core/drop_student.php. The manipulation of the argument img leads to path traversal. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4720?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Munyweki Student Result Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-4720?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4720 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-4720 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-4720 exists.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/Xmyronn/duplicate-CVE-2025-4720- (github_poc): https://github.com/Xmyronn/duplicate-CVE-2025-4720-

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Student Result Management System

- [CVE-2026-2983](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2983/): SourceCodester Student Result Management System Bulk Import import_users.php access control (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2026-2984](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2984/): SourceCodester Student Result Management System drop_user.php denial of service (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2026-2938](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2938/): SourceCodester Student Result Management System update_smtp.php access control (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-4912](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4912/): SourceCodester Student Result Management System Image File update_student.php path traversal (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-4898](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4898/): SourceCodester Student Result Management System Logo File update_system.php unlink path traversal (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-4720 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-4720 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SourceCodester Student Result Management System, published on 15 May 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-2025-4720 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Student Result 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-2025-4720/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4720/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4720
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4720
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4720

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