# CVE-2025-5299: SourceCodester Client Database Management System user_order_customer_update.php unrestricted upload

> Remote attackers can upload malicious files via the user_order_customer_update.php script, potentially leading to code execution.

- **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:** 28 May 2025
- **Updated:** 28 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2293-8xx3-2x87

## What is CVE-2025-5299?

CVE-2025-5299 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Client Database Management System, published on 28 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 Client Database Management System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /user_order_customer_update.php. The manipulation of the argument uploaded_file_cancelled leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can 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-2025-5299?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Lerouxyxchire Client Database Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-5299?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5299 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5299 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5299 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Client Database Management System

- [CVE-2025-46188](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46188/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-46189](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46189/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-46190](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46190/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-46191](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46191/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-46192](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46192/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5299 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5299 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Client Database Management System, published on 28 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-2025-5299 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Client Database 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-2025-5299/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5299/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5299
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5299
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5299

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5299/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.