# CVE-2024-4921: SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System unrestricted upload

> Attackers can upload malicious files to the Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System, potentially leading to remote code execution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **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:** 16 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-px9h-g363-q9hw

## What is CVE-2024-4921?

CVE-2024-4921 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System, published on 16 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file /employee_gatepass/classes/Users.php?f=ssave. The manipulation of the argument img leads to unrestricted upload. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-264456.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4921?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-4921?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4921 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-4921 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4921 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System

- [CVE-2023-31752](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31752/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-46309](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-46309/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-2652](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2652/): SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System exposure of information through directory listing (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-6649](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6649/): SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System Users.php save_users cross-site request forgery (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-5976](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5976/): SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System log_employee sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-4921 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-4921 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging System, published on 16 May 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-2024-4921 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Employee and Visitor Gate Pass Logging 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-2024-4921/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4921/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4921
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4921
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4921

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4921/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.