# CVE-2022-2746: SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store System Admin_ add.php unrestricted upload

> Remote attackers can upload malicious files via the admin add page, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution on the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2prr-ccwj-fv23

## What is CVE-2022-2746?

CVE-2022-2746 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store System, published on 11 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store System and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file Admin_ add.php. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can be initiated remotely. VDB-206014 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2746?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Simple Online Book Store System Project Simple Online Book Store System.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2746?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2746 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2746 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2746 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store System

- [CVE-2022-2747](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2747/): SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store book.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2022-2770](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2770/): SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store System book.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2022-2771](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2771/): SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store System bookPerPub.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2022-2748](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2748/): SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store System edit.php cross site scripting (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2746 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2746 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store System, published on 11 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2746 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2746/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2746/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2746
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2746
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2746

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2746/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.