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Plain-English summary
A small open-source school management web application contains a flaw on its admin contact page that lets an attacker trick a logged-in user into running malicious code in their browser. Impact is limited to organizations actually running this specific project, and a user must click a crafted link or load a tampered page for the attack to succeed.
Executive priority
Low to moderate priority unless this open-source school management application is in production use; if deployed, schedule remediation in the next maintenance window.
Technical view
CVE-2025-65134 is a reflected cross-site scripting issue in manikandan580 School-management-system 1.0. The /studentms/admin/contact-us.php endpoint echoes the email POST parameter without sanitization or output encoding, allowing attacker-supplied script to execute in the victim's browser context. CVSS 3.1 base score is 6.1 with required user interaction and a scope change.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to organizations running manikandan580 School-management-system 1.0, an open-source PHP project. The vulnerable endpoint is the admin contact-us page, so any internet-reachable deployment of this application is potentially exposed to user-interaction-based attacks.
Exploitation context
No active exploitation is cited and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV. The flaw requires a victim to load a crafted link or submit a tampered form, so social engineering is the realistic delivery path. A public advisory exists on GitHub describing the issue.
Researcher notes
Reflected XSS (CWE-79) in /studentms/admin/contact-us.php via the email POST parameter. CVSS 3.1 base 6.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) reflects scope change typical of browser-rendered injection. Affected vendor/product/versions are reported as n/a in the record, so confirm fingerprinting against the GitHub project. No patch is named in the bundle; monitor the upstream repository and the TREXNEGRO advisory for updates.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory deployments of manikandan580 School-management-system 1.0 and restrict admin pages behind authentication and network controls.
- Check the project's GitHub repository and the cited advisory for an updated build or community patch.
- Apply server-side input validation and contextual output encoding on the email POST parameter in /studentms/admin/contact-us.php.
- Deploy a web application firewall rule to block reflected XSS payloads targeting the contact-us endpoint.
- Set a strict Content-Security-Policy header to limit script execution in administrative pages.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether any deployed asset runs manikandan580 School-management-system 1.0 via software inventory or HTTP fingerprinting.
- Review web server and application logs for unusual POST requests to /studentms/admin/contact-us.php containing script-like characters in the email field.
- Test the email field in a controlled, authorized lab using a benign marker string to confirm reflection without encoding.
- Verify that any installed fix encodes output and rejects script-bearing input on the contact-us endpoint.
- Check the upstream GitHub repository and the TREXNEGRO advisory for vendor or community remediation guidance.
Public sources used
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Medium
- CVSS
- 6.1 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N2.82.7CISA-ADPVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.1MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/TREXNEGRO/Security-Advisories/blob/main/CVE-2025-65134/README.mdCVE reference, mitre
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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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