# CVE-2022-2909: SourceCodester Simple and Nice Shopping Cart Script profile.php unrestricted upload

> Attackers can upload malicious files to the profile.php endpoint, potentially leading to remote 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:** 20 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5wj6-fpjf-5rfv

## What is CVE-2022-2909?

CVE-2022-2909 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple and Nice Shopping Cart Script, published on 20 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Simple and Nice Shopping Cart Script. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /mkshop/Men/profile.php. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-206845 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2909?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Simple and Nice Shopping Cart Script Project Simple and Nice Shopping Cart Script.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2909?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2909 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2909 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-2909 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Simple and Nice Shopping Cart Script

- [CVE-2023-44061](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44061/): File upload in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-1497](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1497/): SourceCodester Simple and Nice Shopping Cart Script uploaderm.php unrestricted upload (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2022-2957](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2957/): SourceCodester Simple and Nice Shopping Cart Script profile.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2022-2814](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2814/): SourceCodester Simple and Nice Shopping Cart Script login.php cross site scripting (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2909 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2909 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple and Nice Shopping Cart Script, published on 20 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-2909 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Simple and Nice Shopping Cart Script. 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-2022-2909/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2909/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2909
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2909
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2909

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2909/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.