# CVE-2024-7226: SourceCodester Medicine Tracker System Password Change cross-site request forgery

> Attackers can force authenticated users to change their passwords via CSRF, potentially leading to account takeover in the Medicine Tracker 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:** 30 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2jhg-r848-46v2

## What is CVE-2024-7226?

CVE-2024-7226 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Medicine Tracker System, published on 30 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Medicine Tracker System 1.0. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /classes/Users.php?f=save_user of the component Password Change Handler. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-272806 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-7226?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Medicine Tracker System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-7226?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-7226 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-7226 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-7226 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Medicine Tracker System

- [CVE-2024-6418](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6418/): SourceCodester Medicine Tracker System sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2023-7134](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7134/): SourceCodester Medicine Tracking System path traversal (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-7123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7123/): SourceCodester Medicine Tracking System sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-6419](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6419/): SourceCodester Medicine Tracker System sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2023-5581](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5581/): SourceCodester Medicine Tracker System index.php cross site scripting (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-7226 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-7226 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Medicine Tracker System, published on 30 Jul 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-2024-7226 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Medicine Tracker 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-2024-7226/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7226/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-7226
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-7226
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-7226

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-7226/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.