# CVE-2024-6280: SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding System unrestricted upload

> Attackers can upload malicious files via the admin settings interface, 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:** 24 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r86x-6xqq-rhq8

## What is CVE-2024-6280?

CVE-2024-6280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding System, published on 24 Jun 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 Simple Online Bidding System 1.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the file /admin/ajax.php?action=save_settings. The manipulation of the argument img leads to unrestricted upload. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-269493 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6280?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Simple Online Bidding System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6280?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6280 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6280 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6280 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-2024-5428](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5428/): SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding System HTTP POST Request save_product cross-site request forgery (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-4927](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4927/): SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding System unrestricted upload (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6280 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6280 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Online Bidding System, published on 24 Jun 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-2024-6280 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-2024-6280/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6280/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6280
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6280
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6280

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.