# CVE-2024-0188: RRJ Nueva Ecija Engineer Online Portal change_password_teacher.php weak password

> Weak password requirements in the teacher password change function allow attackers to compromise accounts through brute-force or guessing attacks.

- **Severity:** Low 3.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 2 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 17 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gwp7-qfff-ww9m

## What is CVE-2024-0188?

CVE-2024-0188 is a low-severity vulnerability in RRJ Nueva Ecija Engineer Online Portal, published on 2 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in RRJ Nueva Ecija Engineer Online Portal 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file change_password_teacher.php. The manipulation leads to weak password requirements. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-249501 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-521 (Weak Password Requirements)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0188?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nia Rrj Nueva Ecija Engineer Online Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0188?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0188 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0188 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in RRJ Nueva Ecija Engineer Online Portal

- [CVE-2024-0192](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0192/): RRJ Nueva Ecija Engineer Online Portal Add Downloadable downloadable.php unrestricted upload (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-0191](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0191/): RRJ Nueva Ecija Engineer Online Portal file information disclosure (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0185/): RRJ Nueva Ecija Engineer Online Portal Avatar dasboard_teacher.php unrestricted upload (medium 4.7)
- [CVE-2024-0189](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0189/): RRJ Nueva Ecija Engineer Online Portal Create Message teacher_message.php cross site scripting (low 3.5)
- [CVE-2024-0190](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0190/): RRJ Nueva Ecija Engineer Online Portal Quiz add_quiz.php cross site scripting (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0188 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0188 is a low-severity vulnerability in RRJ Nueva Ecija Engineer Online Portal, published on 2 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0188 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: RRJ Nueva Ecija Engineer Online Portal. 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-2024-0188/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0188/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0188
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0188
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0188

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0188/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.