# CVE-2024-9297: SourceCodester Online Railway Reservation System admin improper authorization

> Attackers can bypass authorization controls in the admin panel to access restricted pages without proper permissions.

- **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:** 28 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 30 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9hpf-pfx9-rfv9

## What is CVE-2024-9297?

CVE-2024-9297 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Railway Reservation System, published on 28 Sep 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 Railway Reservation System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/. The manipulation of the argument page with the input trains/schedules/system_info leads to improper authorization. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9297?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Railway Reservation System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9297?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9297 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9297 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9297 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Online Railway Reservation System

- [CVE-2024-9321](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9321/): SourceCodester Online Railway Reservation System view_details.php access control (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-9300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9300/): SourceCodester Online Railway Reservation System Message Us Form contact_us.php cross site scripting (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-9298](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9298/): SourceCodester Online Railway Reservation System Ticket ?page=tickets access control (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-9299](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9299/): SourceCodester Online Railway Reservation System ?page=reserve cross site scripting (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9297 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9297 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Railway Reservation System, published on 28 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9297 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Online Railway Reservation 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-2024-9297/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9297/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9297
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9297
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9297

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9297/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.