Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-4898

Medium

Published: 18 May 2025

Published
18 May 2025
Modified
21 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0033 56.5th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-4898 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 43.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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…

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to path traversal. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1070.004 File Deletion Stealth
Adversaries may delete files left behind by the actions of their intrusion activity.
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Why these techniques?

The path traversal vulnerability in the unlink function of update_system.php enables remote exploitation of a public-facing web application (T1190) and facilitates arbitrary file deletion on the server file system (T1070.004).

Affected Assets

munyweki
student result management system
1.0

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.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

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