# CVE-2025-5985: code-projects School Fees Payment System improper authentication

> Remote attackers can bypass authentication in the School Fees Payment System, potentially gaining unauthorized access to the application.

- **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/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6prp-9m79-v44j

## What is CVE-2025-5985?

CVE-2025-5985 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in code-projects School Fees Payment System, published on 10 Jun 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 code-projects School Fees Payment System 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5985?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fabian School Fees Payment System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-5985?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5985 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5985 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects School Fees Payment System

- [CVE-2025-6403](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6403/): code-projects School Fees Payment System student.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-5977](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5977/): code-projects School Fees Payment System datatable.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-5979](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5979/): code-projects School Fees Payment System branch.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-6569](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6569/): code-projects School Fees Payment System student.php cross site scripting (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-6473](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6473/): code-projects School Fees Payment System fees.php cross site scripting (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5985 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5985 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in code-projects School Fees Payment System, published on 10 Jun 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-2025-5985 exists.

Affected product: code-projects School Fees Payment 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-2025-5985/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5985/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5985
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5985
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5985

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