Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Scholars Tracking System 1.0 allows unauthenticated users to submit data that is inserted directly into database queries. If vulnerable administration endpoints are reachable, an attacker could potentially read, alter, or destroy sensitive records without credentials or user interaction.
Executive priority
Treat confirmed reachable deployments as an immediate remediation priority. Temporarily isolate them if a verified fix is unavailable. Also initiate log review and compromise assessment because successful abuse could affect the full database, although active exploitation has not been established.
Technical view
CVE-2025-70152 is a CWE-89 SQL injection in /admin/save_user.php and /admin/update_user.php. The endpoints reportedly lack authentication and concatenate supplied POST fields into SQL statements without validation or parameterization. CVSS 3.1 rates it 9.8 because exploitation is network-accessible, low-complexity, unauthenticated, and potentially compromises confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Likely exposure
Exposure is limited to deployments of code-projects Scholars Tracking System 1.0 containing the named endpoints. Risk is greatest where they are internet-accessible. The supplied CVE data provides no reliable package identifiers, deployment prevalence, or affected-version range beyond 1.0, so organizations should verify installations manually.
Exploitation context
The supplied record is not listed in CISA KEV and contains no evidence of active exploitation. Public researcher write-ups exist, increasing awareness, but that alone does not establish exploitation in the wild. The missing authentication and network-accessible injection condition make vulnerable deployments attractive targets.
Researcher notes
The source bundle identifies five concatenated parameters: firstname, lastname, username, password, and user_id. Validate both endpoints independently because authentication and query construction are separate control failures. Public metadata lacks CPEs, a confirmed patch version, and deployment prevalence; avoid extending affected-product claims beyond Scholars Tracking System 1.0.
Mitigation direction
- Identify and restrict access to the affected administration endpoints immediately.
- Remove vulnerable deployments from public access until remediation is verified.
- Replace SQL string concatenation with parameterized queries for every supplied field.
- Require authenticated, authorized administration access before processing requests.
- Check the project publisher and CVE record for confirmed remediation guidance.
- Rotate exposed application or database credentials if compromise is suspected.
Validation and detection
- Inventory deployments and confirm whether version 1.0 contains both named PHP files.
- Verify unauthenticated requests are rejected before any database operation occurs.
- Review source code to confirm all affected queries use parameterized statements.
- Inspect web and database logs for unusual POST activity targeting these endpoints.
- Test authorization and SQL-injection regressions in a controlled environment after remediation.
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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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS
- 9.8 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
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SSVC decision data
CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N3.95.9mitreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
9.8CriticalVector: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
Vulnerability timeline
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://code-projects.org/scholars-tracking-system-in-php-with-source-code/CVE reference, mitre
- https://youngkevinn.github.io/posts/CVE-2025-70152-Scholars-SQLi-Missing-Auth/CVE reference, mitre
- https://0x0bito.github.io/posts/CVE-2025-70152-Scholars-SQLi-Missing-Auth/CVE reference, mitre
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CWE details
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