CVE-2025-28072: phpgurukul pre-school_enrollment_system Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-28072 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in phpgurukul pre-school_enrollment_system. EPSS estimates a 0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 16-04-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-04-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

PHPGurukul Pre-School Enrollment System is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in manage-teachers.php.

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.