# CVE-2024-0783: Project Worlds Online Admission System documents.php unrestricted upload

> Attackers can upload malicious files to the Online Admission System, 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:** 22 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 30 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rxj5-22xc-hccm

## What is CVE-2024-0783?

CVE-2024-0783 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Project Worlds Online Admission System, published on 22 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 Project Worlds Online Admission System 1.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file documents.php. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-251699.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0783?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Online Admission System Project Online Admission System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0783?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0783 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0783 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0783 exists.

Public exploit code:

- projectworlds' Online Admission System RCE vulnerability PoC, Categorized as CVE-2024-0783 (github_poc): https://github.com/pwnpwnpur1n/Online-Admission-System-RCE-PoC

## Other vulnerabilities in Project Worlds Online Admission System

- [CVE-2022-2643](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2643/): SourceCodester Online Admission System POST Parameter sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2022-2644](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2644/): SourceCodester Online Admission System GET Parameter sql injection (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2022-2767](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2767/): SourceCodester Online Admission System index.php cross site scripting (low 3.5)
- [CVE-2022-2646](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2646/): SourceCodester Online Admission System index.php cross site scripting (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0783 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0783 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Project Worlds Online Admission System, published on 22 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-2024-0783 exists.

Affected product: Project Worlds Online Admission 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-2024-0783/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0783/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0783
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0783
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0783

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