CVE-2025-4720
Published: 15 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-4720 is a medium-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Munyweki Student Result Management System. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 41.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-15191
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Student Result Management System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file academic/core/drop_student.php. The manipulation of the argument img leads to path traversal. The attack can be…
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initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The path traversal vulnerability in the web application (drop_student.php) allows remote authenticated attackers to exploit a public-facing application (T1190) and perform arbitrary file deletion (T1070.004) on the server.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
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.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.