CVE-2026-86674: Session Fixiation in ningzichun Student Management System
Description
A vulnerability was found in ningzichun Student Management System up to 98760f5711cf6dc8b4adca53a9e207ca49b02ebf. Affected by this vulnerability is the function session_start of the file login.php. The manipulation results in session fixiation. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. This product does not use versioning. This is why information about affected and unaffected releases are unavailable. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
CVSS v4.0
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
ningzichun
Student Management System
cpe:2.3:a:ningzichun:student_management_system:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
This vulnerability in ningzichun Student Management System involves session fixation via the session_start function in login.php. An attacker can remotely manipulate session identifiers to fixate a session, which may allow unauthorized access to user sessions. The product lacks versioning, so no specific affected or fixed versions are known. The vulnerability was responsibly disclosed but remains unpatched. Public exploit code is available, though no active exploitation in the wild is confirmed.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can allow an attacker to fixate a session ID, potentially enabling unauthorized access to a victim's session. This could lead to impersonation of legitimate users within the system. The medium CVSS score reflects the moderate risk due to the remote attack vector and the requirement for user interaction.
Mitigation Recommendations
No official fix or patch is currently available as the vendor has not responded to the issue report. Users should monitor the vendor's communications for updates. In the meantime, consider implementing additional session management controls such as regenerating session IDs after login and enforcing strict session expiration policies to mitigate the risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulDB
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-08T09:36:18.424Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6aa05620acd9273b490f569b
Added to database: 09/08/2026, 18:38:24 UTC
Last enriched: 09/16/2026, 01:22:27 UTC
Last updated: 10/23/2026, 15:10:15 UTC
Views: 90
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