# CVE-2024-12357: SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System index.php file inclusion

> Remote attackers can exploit file inclusion in index.php to execute code or read sensitive data in the Best House Rental Management System.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 9 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gch6-mvxw-6r79

## What is CVE-2024-12357?

CVE-2024-12357 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System, published on 9 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System 1.0 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /index.php. The manipulation of the argument page leads to file inclusion. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12357?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mayurik Best House Rental Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12357?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12357 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12357 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12357 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System

- [CVE-2024-48579](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48579/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-46374](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46374/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-46375](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46375/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-46376](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46376/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-46377](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46377/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12357 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12357 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System, published on 9 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12357 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Best House Rental 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-2024-12357/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12357/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12357
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12357
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12357

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12357/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.