CVE-2025-0203
Published: 04 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-0203 is a medium-severity Injection (CWE-74) vulnerability in Code-Projects Student Management System. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 21.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 RA-5 (Vulnerability Monitoring and Scanning) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly prevents SQL injection by requiring validation mechanisms for inputs like the 'sid' argument in /config/DbFunction.php.
Mandates timely identification, reporting, and correction of the specific SQL injection flaw in the Student Management System.
Enables vulnerability scanning to identify the SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2025-0203) in the showSubject1 function.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
SQL injection in public-facing web application enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190), server software component abuse (T1505 as cited in advisory), and data collection from databases via arbitrary queries (T1213.006).
NVD Description
A vulnerability was found in code-projects Student Management System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function showSubject1 of the file /config/DbFunction.php. The manipulation of the argument sid leads to sql injection. The attack can be…
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initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Other parameters might be affected as well.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-0203 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-74, CWE-89) in code-projects Student Management System version 1.0. The issue resides in the showSubject1 function within the file /config/DbFunction.php, where manipulation of the sid argument enables injection. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) and can be exploited remotely.
An attacker requires low privileges, such as those of an authenticated user, to initiate the attack over the network with low complexity and no user interaction. Exploitation allows limited impacts, including partial unauthorized disclosure of information, modification of data, or denial of service affecting availability.
Advisories on VulDB detail the vulnerability and note that the exploit has been publicly disclosed via a GitHub Gist, making it available for use. Practitioners should review references including code-projects.org, https://gist.github.com/th4s1s/e8488d7e35d789581979f3b7e4c48b1f, and VulDB entries (ctiid.290140, id.290140, submit.473410) for mitigation steps, as other parameters may also be vulnerable.
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