SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System path traversal

published 2023-12-22 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-59245

cvss: 6.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits: 0; none known

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument page leads to path traversal: '../filedir'. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-248749 was assigned to this vulnerability.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-01-02)

Exploit prediction

0.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/laoquanshi/Simple-Student-Attendance-System referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	3.0	6.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

SourceCodester Simple Student Attendance System

Classification

Weakness

CWE-24 Path Traversal: '../filedir'

References

github.com /laoquanshi/Simple-Student-Attendance-System
exploit, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?id.248749
vdb-entry, technical-description, third-party-advisory
vuldb.com /?ctiid.248749
signature, permissions-required, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-7058
NVD CVE-2023-7058

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Summary