# CVE-2026-82699: sambitraj Student Management System cleartext password storage

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-82699-sambitraj-student-management-system-cleartext-password-storage  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-08-31. Updated: 2026-09-25  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-82699 · Severity: low · CVSS 2.7 · Published 2026-08-31

The Student Management System stores user passwords as plain text in its database and displays them on dashboard pages without any encryption or hashing. This means that if an attacker gains access to the database or can view a user's dashboard, they can recover passwords and use them to impersonate students, teachers, or administrators. The vulnerability is particularly dangerous if users reuse these passwords across other systems.

Technologies: [Sambitraj Student Management System](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/student-management-system). Vendors: [Sambitraj](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/sambitraj).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-82699 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-82699 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-82699?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 2.7, published 31 August 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Sambitraj Student Management System up to commit 56ba287f2e9031523ccb4244cb6e3fe530e4e5d5.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-82699?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**How is CVE-2026-82699 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-82699?** Check whether you run Sambitraj Student Management System at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

The vulnerability is a cleartext storage of sensitive information issue in the password handling component. Root cause: the application stores passwords in a varchar(20) field without hashing, and the login logic performs direct string comparison (if $row['password'] == $_POST['password']) rather than using password_verify(). The affected component is the aca.sql schema and login/dashboard PHP files. Attack vector is network-accessible; an attacker can exploit database disclosure, IDOR vulnerabilities, or dashboard access to retrieve cleartext passwords. Additionally, passwords are rendered directly into HTML password input fields in the dashboard (value="<?php echo $row['password'] ?>"), making them visible in page source and browser history. No patch is currently available for this rolling-release project.

## Affected products

- sambitraj Student Management System up to commit 56ba287f2e9031523ccb4244cb6e3fe530e4e5d5

## Timeline

- 2026-07-17: disclosed: GitHub issue #9 opened
- 2026-08-31: advisory: Published to NVD

## References

- [https://github.com/sambitraj/STUDENT-MANAGEMENT-SYSTEM/issues/9](https://github.com/sambitraj/STUDENT-MANAGEMENT-SYSTEM/issues/9)
- [https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-82699](https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-82699)

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