# CVE-2023-2152: SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System index.php file inclusion

> Remote attackers can exploit a file inclusion vulnerability in index.php to execute arbitrary code or read sensitive files.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pcw3-37mf-j7j8

## What is CVE-2023-2152?

CVE-2023-2152 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System, published on 18 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument page leads to file inclusion. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-226273 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-610 (Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere), CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2152?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Student Study Center Desk Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2152?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2152 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2152 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2152 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System

- [CVE-2023-44752](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44752/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-29985](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29985/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-1467](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1467/): SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System POST Parameter path traversal (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-2151](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2151/): SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System manage_student.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-1563](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1563/): SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System assign.php sql injection (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2152 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2152 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System, published on 18 Apr 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-2152 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management 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-2023-2152/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2152/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2152
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2152
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2152

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.