# CVE-2024-24573: facileManager Privilege Escalation via Mass Assignment

> Attackers can escalate privileges to super user by manipulating profile update requests, allowing unauthorized administrative control.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 31 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 16 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w67q-pp62-j4pf

## What is CVE-2024-24573?

CVE-2024-24573 is a high-severity vulnerability in WillyXJ facileManager, published on 31 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

facileManager is a modular suite of web apps built with the sysadmin in mind. In versions 4.5.0 and earlier, when a user updates their profile, a POST request containing user information is sent to the endpoint server/fm-modules/facileManager/ajax/processPost.php. It was found that non-admins can arbitrarily set their permissions and grant their non-admin accounts with super user privileges.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-24573?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Facilemanager Facilemanager.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-24573?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-24573 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-24573 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-24573 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in WillyXJ facileManager

- [CVE-2026-30918](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-30918/): facileManager Affected by Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2026-30919](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-30919/): facileManager Affected by Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2024-24572](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24572/): facileManager Authenticated Variable Manipulation leading to SQL Injection (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-24571](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24571/): facileManager Systemic Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-24573 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-24573 is a high-severity vulnerability in WillyXJ facileManager, published on 31 Jan 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-2024-24573 exists.

Affected product: WillyXJ facileManager. 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-2024-24573/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24573/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24573
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24573
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-24573

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24573/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.