# CVE-2024-3436: SourceCodester Prison Management System Avatar edit-photo.php unrestricted upload

> Remote attackers can upload malicious files via the avatar handler, potentially leading to code execution on the server.

- **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:** 7 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 26 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g9wx-gpxj-x55q

## What is CVE-2024-3436?

CVE-2024-3436 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Prison Management System, published on 7 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Prison Management System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /Admin/edit-photo.php of the component Avatar Handler. The manipulation of the argument avatar leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-259630 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3436?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fast5 Prison Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3436?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3436 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3436 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3436 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Prison Management System

- [CVE-2024-48594](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48594/): File upload in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-3438](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3438/): SourceCodester Prison Management System login.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-3439](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3439/): SourceCodester Prison Management System login.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2026-2177](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2177/): SourceCodester Prison Management System Login session fixiation (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-3437](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3437/): SourceCodester Prison Management System Avatar add-admin.php unrestricted upload (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3436 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3436 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Prison Management System, published on 7 Apr 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-2024-3436 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Prison 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-2024-3436/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3436/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3436
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3436
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3436

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3436/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.