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CVE-2025-5977VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2025-5977: code-projects School Fees Payment System · SQL Injection

Affects code-projects School Fees Payment SystemSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 43% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 10 Jun 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
code-projects School Fees Payment SystemAffected
  • =1.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Immediate mitigation should include implementing input validation and parameterized queries or prepared statements to prevent SQL injection in the /datatable.php file, particularly sanitizing the 'sSortDir_0' parameter. Organizations should conduct a thorough code review of the payment system to identify and remediate similar injection points. If patching is not yet available, deploying a Web Application Firewall (WAF) with custom rules to detect and block suspicious SQL injection payloads targeting this parameter can reduce risk. Network segmentation should be enforced to limit access to the payment system backend. Logging and monitoring should be enhanced to detect anomalous queries or access patterns indicative of exploitation attempts. Additionally, organizations should prepare incident response plans specific to potential data breaches involving payment systems. Finally, consider migrating to updated or alternative payment systems with active security support if remediation is delayed.

Description

A vulnerability was found in code-projects School Fees Payment System 1.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /datatable.php. The manipulation of the argument sSortDir_0 leads to sql injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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