PlaciPy is a placement management system designed for educational institutions. In version 1.0.0, the application uses a hard-coded, static default password for all newly created student accounts. This results in mass account takeover, allowing any attacker to log in as any student once the password is known.

PlaciPy is a placement management system designed for educational institutions. In version 1.0.0, the GET /api/students/:email PUT /api/students/:email/status, and DELETE /api/students/:email routes in backend/src/routes/student.routes.ts only enforce authentication using authenticateToken but do not enforce authorization. The application does not verify whether the authenticated user owns the student record being accessed, has an administrative / staff role, or is permitted to modify or delete the target student.

PlaciPy is a placement management system designed for educational institutions. In version 1.0.0, the code evaluation endpoint does not validate the assessment lifecycle state before allowing execution. There is no check to ensure that the assessment has started, is not expired, or the submission window is currently open.

PlaciPy is a placement management system designed for educational institutions. In version 1.0.0, the backend/src/routes/student.submission.routes.ts verify authentication but fails to enforce object-level authorization (ownership checks).

PlaciPy is a placement management system designed for educational institutions. In version 1.0.0, the application derives the tenant identifier directly from the email domain provided by the user, without validating domain ownership or registration. This allows cross-tenant data access.

PlaciPy is a placement management system designed for educational institutions. In version 1.0.0, the application enables credentialed CORS requests but does not implement any CSRF protection mechanism.

PlaciPy is a placement management system designed for educational institutions. In version 1.0.0, The application logs highly sensitive data directly to console output without masking or redaction.

PlaciPy is a placement management system designed for educational institutions. In version 1.0.0, User-controlled query parameters are passed directly into DynamoDB query/filter construction without validation or sanitization.

PlaciPy is a placement management system designed for educational institutions. In version 1.0.0, The admin authorization middleware trusts client-controlled JWT claims (role and scope) without enforcing server-side role verification.

PlaciPy is a placement management system designed for educational institutions. In version 1.0.0, the backend/src/routes/results.routes.ts verify authentication but fails to enforce object-level authorization (ownership checks). For example, this can be used to return all results for an assessment.