What is CVE-2017-16561?

CVE-2017-16561 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ingenious School Management System Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2017-16561?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Ingenious School Management System Project

CVE-2017-16561

/view/friend_profile.php in Ingenious School Management System 2.3.0 is vulnerable to Boolean-based and Time-based SQL injection in the 'friend_index' parameter of a GET request.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2017-11-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (70.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-08.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ingenious School Management System Project — versions 2.3.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43108/ (Exploit, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-16561?: CVE-2017-16561 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ingenious School Management System Project, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2017-16561?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.