CVE-2025-15404
Published: 01 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-15404 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Campcodes School File 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 19.2th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
This control enforces ownership-based restrictions on portable storage device use, directly implementing access control over media insertion into organizational systems.
Hardware write-protect enforces access control on critical resources (e.g., firmware) independent of software state.
The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.
Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.
Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.
Explicitly identifying and documenting actions permitted without identification or authentication enforces proper access control boundaries by defining justified exceptions.
By automatically labeling outputs with security attributes, the control supports attribute-based enforcement and reduces exploitability of improper access control weaknesses.
Associating and retaining security attributes with data directly supports enforcement of access control decisions across storage, processing, and transmission.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Unrestricted file upload (CWE-434) in a web application directly enables remote deployment of a web shell (T1505.003) after initial exploitation of the public-facing app (T1190).
NVD Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in campcodes School File Management System 1.0. The affected element is an unknown function of the file /save_file.php. The manipulation of the argument File leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be initiated remotely.…
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The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-15404 is a security vulnerability in campcodes School File Management System 1.0, affecting an unknown function in the /save_file.php file. It enables unrestricted file upload through manipulation of the File argument. The issue is rated at CVSS 3.1 score of 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L) and maps to CWEs 284 (Improper Access Control) and 434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type).
The vulnerability is exploitable remotely by authenticated attackers with low privileges. Exploitation requires low complexity and no user interaction, allowing limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Advisories detail the issue on VulDB (ctiid.339324, id.339324, submit.728102) and a GitHub issue (LaneyYu/cve/issues/7), with the vendor site at campcodes.com. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used.
The vulnerability was published on 2026-01-01, highlighting ongoing risks in open-source school management software where public exploit availability increases potential for abuse.
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