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CVE-2025-13263VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-13263: SourceCodester Online Magazine Management System · SQL Injection

Affects SourceCodester Online Magazine Management SystemSource CVE Database V5

0

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 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 31% 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 17 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 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
SourceCodester Online Magazine Management SystemAffected
  • =1.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-13263, organizations should immediately audit their use of SourceCodester Online Magazine Management System version 1.0 and identify any exposed /categories.php endpoints. Since no official patches are currently available, administrators should implement the following specific measures: 1) Apply input validation and sanitization on the 'c' parameter to ensure only expected values are accepted; 2) Refactor the code to use parameterized queries or prepared statements to eliminate direct SQL concatenation; 3) Restrict access to the vulnerable endpoint via web application firewalls (WAF) with custom rules blocking suspicious SQL injection patterns; 4) Monitor logs for unusual database query patterns or repeated access attempts to /categories.php; 5) Consider isolating or segmenting the affected system to limit potential lateral movement; 6) Plan for an upgrade or migration to a newer, patched version of the software once available; 7) Educate developers and administrators on secure coding practices to prevent similar vulnerabilities in the future.

Description

A vulnerability was identified in SourceCodester Online Magazine Management System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /categories.php. The manipulation of the argument c leads to sql injection. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit is publicly available and might be used.

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