CVE-2024-2577
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 has been found in SourceCodester Employee Task Management System 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /update-employee.php. The manipulation of the argument admin_id leads to authorization bypass. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-257080.
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-employee.php where the admin_id parameter is not properly validated, allowing remote attackers to bypass authentication and modify employee records without proper privileges. The CVSS 9.8 score indicates this vulnerability enables complete compromise of the affected function.
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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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Confirm Employee Task Management System installationLocate the web application directory or identify the running service. Check for the presence of files such as update-employee.php, or identify the application via web server enumeration.Affected if The Oretnom23 Employee Task Management System is installed and accessible.
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Verify the installed version is 1.0Inspect the application version. This may be found in a README file, a config file, the website footer, or by querying the application directly. Compare your installed version to the affected range (= 1.0).Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0.
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Confirm the vulnerable endpoint existsCheck for the presence of /update-employee.php in the web application directory. If the application is running, attempt to access or enumerate this endpoint.Affected if The file /update-employee.php exists in the application.
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Check if administrative functions are exposed without authenticationAnalyze the application configuration and access controls. Review whether update-employee.php can be reached without a valid authenticated session, or examine the source code for improper validation of the admin_id parameter.Affected if The update-employee.php endpoint does not properly validate admin_id or authenticate requests before allowing employee record modifications.
You are affected if the Oretnom23 Employee Task Management System version 1.0 is installed with the /update-employee.php endpoint accessible and lacking proper admin_id validation.
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 server-side authorization checks validating that the authenticated user has rights to modify the specific admin_id being requested, and enforce authentication session validation on all update operations.
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