# CVE-2024-24725: Deserialization in n/a

> Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary code via PHP deserialization in Gibbon school management system.

- **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:** 23 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6wfg-rr5q-wg74

## What is CVE-2024-24725?

CVE-2024-24725 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Gibbon through 26.0.00 allows remote authenticated users to conduct PHP deserialization attacks via columnOrder in a POST request to the modules/System%20Admin/import_run.php&type=externalAssessment&step=4 URI.

Weakness: CWE-502 (Deserialization of Untrusted Data)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-24725?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gibbonedu Gibbon.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-24725?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-24725 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-24725 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-24725 exists.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/MelkorW/CVE-2024-24725-PoC (github_poc): https://github.com/MelkorW/CVE-2024-24725-PoC
- Gibbon School Platform Authenticated PHP Deserialization Vulnerability (metasploit)

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2024-24724](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24724/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-45878](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45878/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-34598](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34598/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-27305](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-27305/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-45880](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45880/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-24725 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-24725 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 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-2024-24725 exists.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2024-24725/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24725/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-24725
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24725
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-24725

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24725/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.