# CVE-2026-97646: Ningzichun student-management-system authorization bypass in admin handlers

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-97646-a-weakness-has-been-identified-in-ningzichun-student-management  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-25. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-97646 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.3 · Published 2026-09-25

A student course selection management system fails to validate administrator access in critical administrative functions. An unauthenticated attacker can retrieve student records, reset student passwords, modify grades and enrollment, and alter disciplinary records by sending requests directly to unprotected administrative endpoints.

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

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-97646 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-97646 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-97646?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 25 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Ningzichun Student-Management-System up to commit 98760f5711cf6dc8b4adca53a9e207ca49b02ebf.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-97646?** 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-2026-97646 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-97646?** Check whether you run Ningzichun 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

Multiple PHP endpoints in admin/fun/ lack session validation and do not verify administrator role, allowing unauthenticated access. An attacker can manipulate the sid parameter in getStudent.php, resetPassword.php, and addScore.php to retrieve sensitive data, reset passwords to predictable values (derived from student ID), and modify academic records. The vulnerability requires only network access with no authentication or user interaction.

## Affected products

- ningzichun student-management-system up to commit 98760f5711cf6dc8b4adca53a9e207ca49b02ebf

## Timeline

- 2026-07-18: disclosed
- 2026-09-25: advisory

## References

- [https://github.com/ningzichun/student-management-system/](https://github.com/ningzichun/student-management-system/)
- [https://github.com/ningzichun/student-management-system/issues/9](https://github.com/ningzichun/student-management-system/issues/9)

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