Executive brief
A vulnerability exists in the imvks786 Student Management System, a web application used for managing student records. An attacker can inject malicious scripts into student record fields like names or addresses. When an administrator or another user views these records, the script executes in their browser, potentially allowing the attacker to steal login sessions or perform unauthorized actions.
Technical details
A stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the imvks786 student_management_system through the 'name', 'address', and 'fname' parameters in /add.php. The application fails to sanitize these inputs before storing them in the database and subsequently fails to encode them when rendering student records in pages such as see.php, seeall.php, and std_profile.php. A remote attacker with low privileges (the ability to add student records) can submit a crafted payload that executes JavaScript in the context of any user viewing the record. This can lead to session hijacking or unauthorized administrative actions. As of the advisory date, no official patch has been released by the maintainer.
Affected products
- imvks786 student_management_system up to 9599b560ad3c3b83e75d328b76bedcd489ef1f46
Timeline
- 2026-05-25: disclosed: Issue reported to the project maintainer on GitHub
- 2026-06-08: advisory: CVE published and listed in NVD