Low Authentication exploit reference

CVE-2026-10169 — OUSL-GROUP-BrinaryBrains School Student Management System Forgot Password Endpoint Login.php ajax_forgot_password password recovery

A vulnerability was detected in OUSL-GROUP-BrinaryBrains School Student Management System up to 1e70e5ad1125b86dca4ee086eb6bb121f17708b6. Affected by this vulnerability is the function ajax_forgot_password of the file application/controllers/Login.php of the component Forgot Password Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument email results in weak password recovery. The attack can be launched remotely. This attack is characterized by high complexity. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit is now public and may be used. This product does not use versioning. This is why information about affected and unaffected releases are unavailable. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Published May 31, 2026 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: VulDB

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 0.3% (30-day exploitation probability)+3
CISA SSVC: exploitation "poc"+5

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

0.29%

ahead of 20% of scored CVEs · Oct 15, 2026

Affects

OUSL-GROUP-BrinaryBrains

School Student Management System

CVSS base

3.7

Low · 2 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

Proof of concept

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Partial

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (OUSL-GROUP-BrinaryBrains School Student Management System).
The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (authentication), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
OUSL-GROUP-BrinaryBrains	School Student Management System	version 1e70e5ad1125b86dca4ee086eb6bb121f17708b6	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

High

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
6.3	CVSS 4.0	Medium	—	—	VulDB via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
2.9	CVSS 4.0	Low	—	—	cna@vuldb.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
3.7	CVSS 3.1	Low	2.2	1.4	cna@vuldb.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
3.7	CVSS 3.1	Low	—	—	VulDB via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
3.7	CVSS 3.0	Low	—	—	VulDB via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
2.6	CVSS 2.0	Low	4.9	2.9	cna@vuldb.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
2.6	CVSS 2.0	Low	—	—	VulDB via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N (score shown at the top: cna@vuldb.com)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-640 · Weak Password Recovery Mechanism

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 15, 2026 · 3 reading(s) · max 0.29%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
Review authentication logs: logins without MFA, anomalous sessions and recently created accounts.

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSauthentication logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · ousl-group-brinarybrains/school student management system
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
CVSS changed · 3.7
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Deferred
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE published
May 31, 2026 · VulDB

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

4 on the record

vuldb.com/submit/819395
third-party-advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
github.com/OUSL-GROUP-BrinaryBrains/School-Student-Management-System/issues/26
exploit, issue-tracking, NIST National Vulnerability Database
vuldb.com/vuln/367423
vdb-entry, technical-description, NIST National Vulnerability Database
vuldb.com/vuln/367423/cti
signature, permissions-required, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

OUSL-GROUP-BrinaryBrains
every CVE for this vendor

Authentication
same class

CWE-640
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Medium CVE-2026-10168 OUSL-GROUP-BrinaryBrains School Student Management System Parents.php marks resource injection May 31, 2026
High CVE-2026-10167 OUSL-GROUP-BrinaryBrains School Student Management System MY_Controller Login.php sign_auth_cookie improper authentication May 31, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-10169 is "OUSL-GROUP-BrinaryBrains School Student Management System Forgot Password Endpoint Login.php ajax_forgot_password password recovery", rated Low. It affects School Student Management System (OUSL-GROUP-BrinaryBrains); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 3.7 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.29% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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