Analyst readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This vulnerability lets remote users reach dashboard functionality in sambitraj STUDENT-MANAGEMENT-SYSTEM without proper access control. The sources say a public exploit exists, but they do not show confirmed active exploitation. Because the project has no fixed release information and reportedly has not responded, exposed deployments should be treated as high priority.
Executive priority
Prioritize review if this system is deployed in any real school, administrative, or internet-facing environment. The business concern is unauthorized access to dashboard functions, with possible confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Lack of a confirmed vendor fix increases operational risk.
Technical view
CVE-2026-9562 is an improper access control issue in the Dashboard component of sambitraj STUDENT-MANAGEMENT-SYSTEM up to commit 56ba287f2e9031523ccb4244cb6e3fe530e4e5d5. It is remotely reachable, unauthenticated per CVSS Au:N, affects multiple endpoints, and maps to CWE-266 and CWE-284. No patched version is identified in the supplied sources.
Likely exposure
Exposure is most likely where this GitHub-hosted student management system is deployed and reachable from the internet or untrusted networks. The project uses rolling releases, so version checks may require comparing deployed code to the referenced commit rather than relying on release numbers.
Exploitation context
The source bundle states that an exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be used. KEV is false, and no cited source confirms active exploitation. The issue was reportedly submitted to the project, but no maintainer response or fixed release is cited.
Researcher notes
Evidence is limited to the CVE/VulDB/GitHub references in the supplied bundle. The affected function is not named, multiple endpoints are affected, and no fixed version is provided. Treat exploit availability as public disclosure, not confirmed active exploitation.
Mitigation direction
- Check the vendor repository and issue for official remediation before changing production.
- Restrict internet access to the application and Dashboard paths.
- Require authentication and authorization on all Dashboard endpoints.
- Compare deployed code against the affected commit and later upstream changes.
- Monitor access logs for unauthenticated Dashboard requests.
- Consider disabling or isolating the application if no fix is available.
Validation and detection
- Inventory deployments of sambitraj STUDENT-MANAGEMENT-SYSTEM.
- Identify whether deployed code matches or predates commit 56ba287f2e9031523ccb4244cb6e3fe530e4e5d5.
- Review Dashboard routes for missing authentication or authorization checks.
- Confirm unauthenticated and low-privilege users are denied Dashboard access.
- Review logs for direct Dashboard endpoint access from untrusted sources.
- Track CVE, VulDB, and GitHub issue updates for remediation status.
Public sources used
Based on public source material and reviewed before publication.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
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ATT&CK lookup starting points
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CWE-266: Exact CWE lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookupCWE-284: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (2.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
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CVSS vector scores
4 official scoresWe collect every scored CVSS vector available in the official CNA and ADP containers. When more than one version is present, the table keeps the source vectors side by side instead of collapsing them into the highest score.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR 10 6.4 VulDB CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R 3.9 3.4 VulDB CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R 3.9 3.4 VulDB 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 — — VulDB Vulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
6.9 MediumVector: 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
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.3 HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
Base CVSS 3.0 score
7.3 HighVector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
Base CVSS 2.0 score
7.5 HighVector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR
Vulnerability timeline
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Advisory disclosed
- Source timeline VulDB
VulDB entry created
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VulDB entry last update
- CVE published CVE Program
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- CVE updated CVE Program
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 source CVE List V5
- VDB-365625 | sambitraj STUDENT-MANAGEMENT-SYSTEM Dashboard access control CVE reference, VulDB · vdb-entry
- VDB-365625 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP) CVE reference, VulDB · signature, permissions-required
- Submit #815536 | sambitraj STUDENT-MANAGEMENT-SYSTEM 1.0 Unauthenticated Access CVE reference, VulDB · third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/sambitraj/STUDENT-MANAGEMENT-SYSTEM/issues/1 CVE reference, VulDB · issue-tracking, exploit
- https://github.com/sambitraj/STUDENT-MANAGEMENT-SYSTEM/ CVE reference, VulDB · product
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
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