# CVE-2024-4946: SourceCodester Online Art Gallery Management System adminHome.php unrestricted upload

> Attackers can upload malicious files via the sliderpic parameter in adminHome.php, 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-4vwm-gcfx-wvpw

## What is CVE-2024-4946?

CVE-2024-4946 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Art Gallery Management 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 was found in SourceCodester Online Art Gallery Management System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file admin/adminHome.php. The manipulation of the argument sliderpic leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-264481 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4946?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Donbermoy Online Art Gallery Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-4946?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4946 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-4946 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-4946 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-4946 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-4946 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Art Gallery Management 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-2024-4946 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Online Art Gallery 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-2024-4946/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4946/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4946
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4946
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4946

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4946/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.