# CVE-2024-1027: SourceCodester Facebook News Feed Like Post unrestricted upload

> Remote attackers can upload malicious files via the Post Handler in SourceCodester Facebook News Feed Like, potentially leading to 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:** 30 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 30 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x8fv-5w4j-wcrj

## What is CVE-2024-1027?

CVE-2024-1027 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Facebook News Feed Like, published on 30 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 critical, was found in SourceCodester Facebook News Feed Like 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the component Post Handler. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-252300.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1027?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Facebook News Feed Like.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1027?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1027 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1027 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1027 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Facebook News Feed Like

- [CVE-2024-5384](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5384/): SourceCodester Facebook News Feed Like index.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-1024](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1024/): SourceCodester Facebook News Feed Like New Account cross site scripting (low 3.5)
- [CVE-2024-1028](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1028/): SourceCodester Facebook News Feed Like Post cross site scripting (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1027 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1027 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Facebook News Feed Like, published on 30 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-2024-1027 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Facebook News Feed Like. 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-2024-1027/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1027/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1027
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1027
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1027

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1027/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.