# CVE-2024-11661: Codezips Free Exam Hall Seating Management System Profile Image profile.php unrestricted upload

> An attacker can upload malicious files via the profile image handler in the Codezips Free Exam Hall Seating Management System, potentially leading to remote code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA: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:** 25 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 25 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mj99-xh44-q75g

## What is CVE-2024-11661?

CVE-2024-11661 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codezips Free Exam Hall Seating Management System, published on 25 Nov 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Codezips Free Exam Hall Seating Management System 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file profile.php of the component Profile Image Handler. The manipulation of the argument image leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can be initiated remotely. The researcher submit confuses the vulnerability class of this issue.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11661?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Codezips Free Exam Hall Seating Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-11661?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11661 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-11661 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-11661 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Codezips Free Exam Hall Seating Management System

- [CVE-2024-10736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10736/): Codezips Free Exam Hall Seating Management System student.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-10737](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10737/): Codezips Free Exam Hall Seating Management System teacher.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-10507](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10507/): Codezips Free Exam Hall Seating Management System login.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-10766](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10766/): Codezips Free Exam Hall Seating Management System save_user.php unrestricted upload (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-11661 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-11661 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codezips Free Exam Hall Seating Management System, published on 25 Nov 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-2024-11661 exists.

Affected product: Codezips Free Exam Hall Seating Management 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-2024-11661/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11661/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-11661
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-11661
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-11661

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