Cleartext storage of sensitive data in Soarkey StudentManagement
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-312.
Summary
Soarkey StudentManagement up to commit e08f7f1d5015af407aa4cca0ada3dea189b4937e stores sensitive information in cleartext, as CWE-312 describes. The flaw sits in the UserDao.login function of code/src/service/AdminDao.java, where the Password argument is stored unprotected. A local attacker with low privileges can read the stored credentials. A public exploit has been published and may be used; the project received an early issue report but has not responded.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
A flaw has been found in Soarkey StudentManagement up to e08f7f1d5015af407aa4cca0ada3dea189b4937e. Impacted is the function UserDao.login of the file code/src/service/AdminDao.java. This manipulation of the argument Password causes cleartext storage of sensitive information. The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Soarkey StudentManagement.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-18 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111993
- 2026-10-18 Alias added: GHSA-xc6q-w9mr-9c5p
- 2026-10-19 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-19 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
More Soarkey vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-61694 Soarkey StudentManagement Registration Workflow register.html RegisterServlet.doPost privileges management CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-56962 Soarkey StudentManagement/学生信息管理系统 Administrative Servlet AdminDao.java AdminDao.doGet authorization CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-56961 Soarkey StudentManagement/学生信息管理系统 CourseDao.java CourseDao.course_ranking sql injection CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-111993 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111993 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xc6q-w9mr-9c5p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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