# CVE-2024-2572: SourceCodester Employee Task Management System task-details.php redirect

> Attackers can exploit an open redirect in task-details.php to redirect users to malicious sites, potentially facilitating phishing or credential theft.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-p4wc-mhj4-g4gx

## What is CVE-2024-2572?

CVE-2024-2572 is a high-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Employee Task Management System, published on 18 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 SourceCodester Employee Task Management System 1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /task-details.php. The manipulation leads to execution after redirect. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-257075.

Weakness: CWE-698 (Execution After Redirect (EAR))

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2572?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Employee Task Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2572?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2572 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2572 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2572 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Employee Task Management System

- [CVE-2024-33247](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-33247/): SQL injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-2570](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2570/): SourceCodester Employee Task Management System edit-task.php redirect (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-2571](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2571/): SourceCodester Employee Task Management System manage-admin.php redirect (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-2573](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2573/): SourceCodester Employee Task Management System task-info.php redirect (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-2574](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2574/): SourceCodester Employee Task Management System edit-task.php authorization (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2572 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2572 is a high-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Employee Task Management System, published on 18 Mar 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-2572 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Employee Task 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-2024-2572/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2572/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2572
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2572
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2572

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2572/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.