CVE-2024-2576
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SourceCodester Employee Task Management System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /update-admin.php. The manipulation of the argument admin_id leads to authorization bypass. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-257079.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe Employee Task Management System 1.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in /update-admin.php where manipulating the admin_id parameter allows unauthorized users to modify administrative accounts without proper authentication or authorization checks.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed applicationLocate the Employee Task Management System installation directory and check for application files or version indicators. Common paths may include web root directories or application-specific folders.Affected if The application is Oretnom23 Employee Task Management System version 1.0
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Verify the vulnerable endpoint existsCheck for the presence of update-admin.php in the web application's directory structure. This file is located in the /update-admin.php path.Affected if The file update-admin.php exists in the application directory
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Confirm network accessibilityDetermine if the application is accessible over the network by accessing the base URL or verifying the web service is running and reachable.Affected if The application is deployed and network-accessible (even on localhost)
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Assess authorization implementationReview the update-admin.php source code to verify whether it performs proper session validation and role-based access control (RBAC) checks before processing admin_id parameter modifications.Affected if The code lacks proper authentication/authorization checks on the admin_id parameter in update-admin.php
You are affected if Oretnom23 Employee Task Management System version 1.0 is installed with the update-admin.php endpoint accessible and lacking proper authorization controls on the admin_id parameter.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper session validation and role-based access control (RBAC) checks in update-admin.php to verify the requesting user has administrative privileges before processing any admin_id modifications.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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