CVE-2025-4898: munyweki student_result_management_system Path Traversal

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-4898 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Path Traversal vulnerability in munyweki student_result_management_system. EPSS estimates a 0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 18-05-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 19-05-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Student Result Management System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function unlink of the file update_system.php of the component Logo File Handler. The manipulation of the argument old_logo leads to path traversal. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

• 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.