# CVE-2024-1353: PHPEMS index.api.php index deserialization

> Attackers can achieve remote code execution via unsafe deserialization in the index.api.php controller of PHPEMS.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g2cq-vgf6-mc3q

## What is CVE-2024-1353?

CVE-2024-1353 is a medium-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in PHPEMS, published on 9 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in PHPEMS up to 1.0. Affected by this issue is the function index of the file app/weixin/controller/index.api.php. The manipulation of the argument picurl leads to deserialization. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-253226 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1353?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpems Phpems.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1353?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1353 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1353 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1353 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in PHPEMS

- [CVE-2025-15244](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15244/): PHPEMS Purchase Request race condition (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-6654](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6654/): PHPEMS Session Data session.cls.php deserialization (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-15405](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15405/): PHPEMS cross-site request forgery (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2023-6472](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6472/): PHPEMS Content Section api.cls.php cross site scripting (low 2.4)
- [CVE-2025-15242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15242/): PHPEMS Coupon race condition (low 2.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1353 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1353 is a medium-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in PHPEMS, published on 9 Feb 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1353 exists.

Affected product: PHPEMS. 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-2024-1353/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1353/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1353
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1353
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1353

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1353/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.