# CVE-2024-0350: SourceCodester Engineers Online Portal session expiration

> Attackers can bypass session expiration mechanisms in the Engineers Online Portal, potentially maintaining unauthorized access.

- **Severity:** Low 3.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/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:** 9 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 3 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c3w2-9vqm-66r7

## What is CVE-2024-0350?

CVE-2024-0350 is a low-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Engineers Online Portal, published on 9 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 Engineers Online Portal 1.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to session expiration. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-250118 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0350?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Engineers Online Portal Project Engineers Online Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0350?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0350 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0350 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0350 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-2024-0350 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0350 is a low-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Engineers Online Portal, published on 9 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-2024-0350 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-2024-0350/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0350/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0350
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0350
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0350

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0350/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.