Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
A user with limited privileges may be able to act as a higher-privileged user in SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System 1.0. That could allow unauthorized clearance-related changes or access to sensitive records. The CVSS score is high, but the provided sources do not show confirmed real-world exploitation.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority if this student clearance system is internet-accessible or stores sensitive student records. Prioritize inventory, exposure reduction, and vendor guidance review before routine maintenance windows.
Technical view
The CVE describes CWE-284 incorrect access control caused by a logic flaw allowing low-privileged users to forge high-privileged sessions and perform sensitive operations. The CVSS 3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H, scoring 8.8.
Likely exposure
Exposure appears limited to deployments of SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System 1.0. The CVE affected-product metadata is listed as n/a, so confirm usage by application name and version rather than CPE alone.
Exploitation context
The bundle marks KEV as false and provides no cited evidence of active exploitation. A public GitHub reference exists, so defenders should assume technical details may be available, but active exploitation is not established here.
Researcher notes
Key uncertainty is product metadata quality: the CVE lists n/a for affected vendor and product, while the title and description name SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System 1.0. No official patch details are present in the bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Check vendor or project guidance for a patched release or official remediation.
- Restrict application access to trusted users and networks until authorization is verified.
- Review and tighten role checks around sensitive clearance operations.
- Remove unnecessary low-privileged accounts and review current privileged sessions.
- Monitor for privileged actions originating from low-privileged accounts.
Validation and detection
- Inventory any SourceCodester Online Student Clearance System 1.0 deployments.
- Confirm application version and compare it with CVE reference details.
- Test role boundaries in a controlled staging environment only.
- Review logs for unexpected administrative or clearance operations by low-privileged users.
- Verify session handling prevents privilege changes without proper server-side authorization.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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CWE-284: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 8.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H2.85.9CISA-ADPVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
8.8HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability timeline
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ADP provider summaries
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/Chen1-Boop/CVE/blob/main/CVE-2025-60305.mdCVE reference, mitre
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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Improper Access Control
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