# CVE-2022-3436: SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance System Photo edit-photo.php unrestricted upload

> Attackers can upload malicious files via the photo handler, 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:** 9 Oct 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qwfg-245c-x3f2

## What is CVE-2022-3436?

CVE-2022-3436 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance System, published on 9 Oct 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file edit-photo.php of the component Photo Handler. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can be launched remotely. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-210367.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type), CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3436?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Web-Based Student Clearance System Project Web-Based Student Clearance System.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3436?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3436 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3436 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-3436 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance System

- [CVE-2022-3733](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3733/): SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance System edit-admin.php sql injection (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2022-3414](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3414/): SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance System POST Parameter login.php sql injection (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2022-45221](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45221/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2022-45223](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45223/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2022-45224](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45224/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3436 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3436 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance System, published on 9 Oct 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-2022-3436 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance 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-2022-3436/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3436/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3436
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3436
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3436

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3436/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.