# CVE-2023-1854: SourceCodester Online Graduate Tracer System session expiration

> Attackers can bypass session expiration mechanisms in the admin interface, potentially maintaining unauthorized access to the system.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6wr7-fwxp-gg3v

## What is CVE-2023-1854?

CVE-2023-1854 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Graduate Tracer System, published on 5 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in SourceCodester Online Graduate Tracer System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file admin/. The manipulation leads to session expiration. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-224994 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-613 (DEPRECATED: Insufficient Session Expiration)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1854?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Online Graduate Tracer System Project Online Graduate Tracer System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1854?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1854 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1854 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-1854 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Online Graduate Tracer System

- [CVE-2023-4556](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4556/): SourceCodester Online Graduate Tracer System sexit.php mysqli_query sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-1394](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1394/): SourceCodester Online Graduate Tracer System bsitemp.php mysqli_query sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-1308](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1308/): SourceCodester Online Graduate Tracer System adminlog.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-1309](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1309/): SourceCodester Online Graduate Tracer System search_it.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-1310](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1310/): SourceCodester Online Graduate Tracer System prof.php sql injection (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1854 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1854 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Graduate Tracer System, published on 5 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-1854 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Online Graduate Tracer 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-2023-1854/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1854/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1854
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1854
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1854

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1854/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.