# CVE-2024-2557: kishor-23 Food Waste Management System admin.php improper authorization

> Remote attackers can bypass authorization in the admin panel to perform unauthorized actions due to improper access controls.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xqqx-3g3g-99gr

## What is CVE-2024-2557?

CVE-2024-2557 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in kishor-23 Food Waste Management System, published on 17 Mar 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 kishor-23 Food Waste Management System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/admin.php. The manipulation leads to improper authorization. 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-257056. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2557?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Kishor-23 Food Waste Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2557?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2557 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2557 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2557 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2557 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2557 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in kishor-23 Food Waste Management System, published on 17 Mar 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-2024-2557 exists.

Affected product: kishor-23 Food Waste 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-2024-2557/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2557/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2557
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2557
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2557

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2557/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.