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CVE-2025-13059VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-13059: SourceCodester Alumni Management System · SQL Injection

Affects SourceCodester Alumni Management SystemSource CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 28% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 12 Nov 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
SourceCodester Alumni Management SystemAffected
  • =1.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

1. Immediately audit and review the /manage_career.php code, focusing on the handling of the 'ID' parameter. 2. Implement parameterized queries or prepared statements to eliminate SQL injection vectors. 3. Apply strict input validation and sanitization on all user-supplied data, especially numeric IDs. 4. If possible, upgrade to a patched version or contact the vendor for security updates. 5. Employ web application firewalls (WAFs) with SQL injection detection rules as a temporary mitigation. 6. Monitor logs for suspicious SQL queries or anomalous access patterns targeting the vulnerable endpoint. 7. Conduct security awareness training for developers to prevent similar coding flaws. 8. Regularly back up databases and ensure incident response plans are in place to quickly recover from potential attacks.

Description

A weakness has been identified in SourceCodester Alumni Management System 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file /manage_career.php. This manipulation of the argument ID causes sql injection. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited.

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