# CVE-2024-6439: SourceCodester Home Owners Collection Management System unrestricted upload

> Attackers can upload malicious files via the image parameter in the user save endpoint, 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:** 2 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cqjw-j5w9-9xhj

## What is CVE-2024-6439?

CVE-2024-6439 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Home Owners Collection Management System, published on 2 Jul 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 Home Owners Collection Management System 1.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /classes/Users.php?f=save. The manipulation of the argument img 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-270167.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6439?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Home Owners Collection Management System Project Home Owners Collection Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6439?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6439 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6439 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6439 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Home Owners Collection Management System

- [CVE-2022-28414](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28414/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-28415](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28415/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-28416](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28416/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-28417](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-28417/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-25016](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25016/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6439 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6439 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Home Owners Collection Management System, published on 2 Jul 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-2024-6439 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Home Owners Collection 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-2024-6439/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6439/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6439
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6439
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6439

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6439/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.