# CVE-2024-0260: SourceCodester Engineers Online Portal Password Change change_password_teacher.php session expiration

> Attackers can bypass session expiration controls in the password change feature, potentially maintaining unauthorized access.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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:** 7 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 17 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6pjp-qf2f-r5q8

## What is CVE-2024-0260?

CVE-2024-0260 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Engineers Online Portal, published on 7 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 SourceCodester Engineers Online Portal 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file change_password_teacher.php of the component Password Change. 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. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-249816.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0260?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Engineers Online Portal Project Engineers Online Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0260?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0260 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0260 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0260 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Engineers Online Portal

- [CVE-2021-42665](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42665/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-42668](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42668/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-42669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42669/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-42670](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-42670/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-43437](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43437/): Other in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0260 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0260 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Engineers Online Portal, published on 7 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0260 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Engineers 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-2024-0260/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0260/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0260
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0260
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0260

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0260/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.