Vulnerability · Published Mar 18, 2024 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2024-2576SourceCodester Employee Task Management System update-admin.php authorization

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in Employee Task Management System from SourceCodester. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SourceCodester Employee Task Management System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /update-admin.php. The manipulation of the argument admin_id leads to authorization bypass. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-257079.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
SourceCodester	Employee Task Management System	1.0

Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

VDB-257079 | SourceCodester Employee Task Management System update-admin.php authorization vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-257079 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/skid-nochizplz/skid-nochizplz/blob/main/TrashBin/CVE/SOURCECODESTER%20Employee%20Task%20Management%20System/IDOR%20-%20update-admin.php.md exploit, patch