# CVE-2023-3806: SourceCodester House Rental and Property Listing System btn_functions.php unrestricted upload

> Attackers can upload malicious files to the House Rental and Property Listing System, potentially leading to remote code execution.

- **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:** 21 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 24 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cw6q-xw7j-7mh5

## What is CVE-2023-3806?

CVE-2023-3806 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester House Rental and Property Listing System, published on 21 Jul 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SourceCodester House Rental and Property Listing System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file btn_functions.php. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-235074 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3806?

It affects 1 product.


Products: House Rental and Property Listing Php Project House Rental and Property Listing Php.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-3806?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3806 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-3806 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3806 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester House Rental and Property Listing System

- [CVE-2021-25790](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25790/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-3806 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-3806 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester House Rental and Property Listing System, published on 21 Jul 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3806 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester House Rental and Property Listing 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-2023-3806/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3806/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3806
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3806
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3806

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3806/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.