# CVE-2024-3437: SourceCodester Prison Management System Avatar add-admin.php unrestricted upload

> Remote attackers can upload malicious files via the avatar handler in the admin panel, potentially leading to code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m289-xpfv-pfp5

## What is CVE-2024-3437?

CVE-2024-3437 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Prison Management System, published on 8 Apr 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 Prison Management System 1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /Admin/add-admin.php of the component Avatar Handler. The manipulation of the argument avatar leads to unrestricted upload. 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-259631.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3437?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fast5 Prison Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3437?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3437 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3437 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3437 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-2024-4500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4500/): SourceCodester Prison Management System edit-photo.php unrestricted upload (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3437 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3437 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Prison Management System, published on 8 Apr 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-2024-3437 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-2024-3437/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3437/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3437
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3437
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3437

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3437/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.