# CVE-2024-5428: SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding System HTTP POST Request save_product cross-site request forgery

> Attackers can trick authenticated users into modifying product data via CSRF in the Simple Online Bidding System.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/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:** 28 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2024-5428?

CVE-2024-5428 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding System, published on 28 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function save_product of the file /admin/index.php?page=manage_product of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. The attack can be launched remotely. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-266383.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5428?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Simple Online Bidding System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5428?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5428 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5428 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5428 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding System

- [CVE-2024-7797](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7797/): SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding System ajax.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-7798](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7798/): SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding System ajax.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-7799](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7799/): SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding System users.php improper authorization (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-4927](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4927/): SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding System unrestricted upload (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-4929](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4929/): SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding System cross-site request forgery (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5428 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5428 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding System, published on 28 May 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-2024-5428 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding 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-2024-5428/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5428/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5428
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5428
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5428

---
From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5428/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.