CVE-2025-50870
📋 TL;DR
Institute-of-Current-Students 1.0 has an access control vulnerability in the mydetailsstudent.php endpoint that allows attackers to retrieve any student's personal information by simply changing an email parameter in the URL. This affects all users of the software version 1.0, allowing unauthorized access to sensitive student data.
💻 Affected Systems
- Institute-of-Current-Students
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Mass data breach exposing all student records including personally identifiable information, contact details, and potentially sensitive academic data to malicious actors.
Likely Case
Targeted information harvesting where attackers systematically collect student data for identity theft, phishing campaigns, or social engineering attacks.
If Mitigated
Unauthorized access prevented through proper authentication and authorization checks, limiting data access to legitimate users only.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires only HTTP GET requests with modified email parameters. No authentication or special tools needed.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Not available
Vendor Advisory: Not available
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Implement workarounds or replace with secure alternative software.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Web Server Access Control
allBlock access to vulnerable endpoint using web server configuration
# Apache: Add to .htaccess or virtual host config
<Location "/mydetailsstudent.php">
Deny from all
</Location>
# Nginx: Add to server block
location = /mydetailsstudent.php {
deny all;
return 403;
}
Application Firewall Rule
linuxBlock requests containing myds parameter at network perimeter
# Example iptables rule (adjust interface and port)
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m string --string "myds=" --algo bm -j DROP
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable or remove the mydetailsstudent.php endpoint entirely from production systems.
- Implement network segmentation to isolate the vulnerable system and restrict access to authorized users only.
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Send HTTP GET request to /mydetailsstudent.php?myds=test@example.edu and check if student data is returned without authentication.Check Version:
Check software documentation or configuration files for version information. No standard command available.Verify Fix Applied:
Attempt the same request after implementing controls - should receive 403/404 error or proper authentication challenge.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple GET requests to /mydetailsstudent.php with different email parameters
- Unusual access patterns to student data endpoints from unauthorized IPs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP traffic containing myds parameter with various email addresses
- Burst of requests to vulnerable endpoint
SIEM Query:
source="web_server" AND uri_path="/mydetailsstudent.php" AND (status=200 OR status=302) | stats count by src_ip