# CVE-2023-5034: SourceCodester My Food Recipe Image Upload index.php unrestricted upload

> Attackers can upload malicious files via the image upload handler in My Food Recipe, 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:** 18 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-386p-q43x-hvwv

## What is CVE-2023-5034?

CVE-2023-5034 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester My Food Recipe, published on 18 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in SourceCodester My Food Recipe 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file index.php of the component Image Upload Handler. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-239878 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5034?

It affects 1 product.


Products: My Food Recipe Project My Food Recipe.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5034?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5034 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5034 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5034 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5034 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5034 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester My Food Recipe, published on 18 Sep 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-2023-5034 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester My Food Recipe. 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-2023-5034/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5034/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5034
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5034
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5034

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5034/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.