# CVE-2024-0265: SourceCodester Clinic Queuing System GET Parameter index.php file inclusion

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

- **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:** 7 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pxq7-f883-cw7m

## What is CVE-2024-0265?

CVE-2024-0265 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SourceCodester Clinic Queuing System, 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 was found in SourceCodester Clinic Queuing System 1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /index.php of the component GET Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument page leads to file inclusion. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-249821 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0265?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Clinic Queuing System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0265?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0265 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0265 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0265 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Clinic Queuing System

- [CVE-2024-0264](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0264/): SourceCodester Clinic Queuing System LoginRegistration.php authorization (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-6273](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6273/): SourceCodester Clinic Queuing System patient_side.php save_patient cross site scripting (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-2868](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2868/): Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Clinic Queuing System (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2025-2869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2869/): Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Clinic Queuing System (medium 4.8)
- [CVE-2025-2870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2870/): Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Clinic Queuing System (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0265 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0265 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SourceCodester Clinic Queuing System, 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-2024-0265 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Clinic Queuing 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-2024-0265/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0265/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0265
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0265
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0265

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