# CVE-2024-2281: boyiddha Automated-Mess-Management-System Setting index.php access control

> Remote attackers can bypass access controls on the admin settings page to modify system configurations without proper authorization.

- **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:** 8 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3m88-fv59-gwxf

## What is CVE-2024-2281?

CVE-2024-2281 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in boyiddha Automated-Mess-Management-System, published on 8 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in boyiddha Automated-Mess-Management-System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/index.php of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation leads to improper access controls. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-256048. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2281?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Boyiddha Automated-Mess-Management-System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2281?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2281 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2281 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2281 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in boyiddha Automated-Mess-Management-System

- [CVE-2024-2282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2282/): boyiddha Automated-Mess-Management-System Login Page index.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-2283](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2283/): boyiddha Automated-Mess-Management-System view.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-2284](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2284/): boyiddha Automated-Mess-Management-System Chat Book chat.php cross site scripting (low 3.5)
- [CVE-2024-2285](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2285/): boyiddha Automated-Mess-Management-System member_edit.php cross site scripting (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2281 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2281 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in boyiddha Automated-Mess-Management-System, published on 8 Mar 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-2024-2281 exists.

Affected product: boyiddha Automated-Mess-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-2024-2281/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2281/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2281
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2281
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2281

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2281/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.