CVE-2024-40480
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 Broken Access Control vulnerability was found in /admin/update.php and /admin/dashboard.php in Kashipara Online Exam System v1.0, which allows remote unauthenticated attackers to view administrator dashboard and delete valid user accounts via the direct URL access.
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 · high confidenceBroken Access Control vulnerability in Kashipara Online Exam System v1.0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to access /admin/update.php and /admin/dashboard.php directly, enabling them to view the administrator dashboard and delete valid user accounts without any authentication or authorization checks.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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 product versionExamine the source code, footer, or any version file in the web application for 'Kashipara Online Exam System' or 'Jayesh Online Exam System' version 1.0. Check README files, config files, or the main index page for version information.Affected if The application is running version 1.0 of the Jayesh Online Exam System.
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Locate vulnerable admin PHP filesCheck the web server document root for the presence of /admin/update.php and /admin/dashboard.php files. List the contents of the admin directory if accessible via file system or FTP.Affected if Both /admin/update.php and /admin/dashboard.php exist in the deployment.
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Verify admin page access controlSend an HTTP GET request to http://yourdomain.com/admin/dashboard.php without providing any session cookies, authentication tokens, or credentials. Similarly test /admin/update.php with no authentication.Affected if The admin pages return HTTP 200 and display dashboard content or administrative functionality without requiring login.
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Inspect authentication logic in admin filesOpen /admin/dashboard.php and /admin/update.php in a code editor or via file read. Search for session_start(), $_SESSION checks, or include statements that validate user authentication. Check if these files include any authentication wrapper or redirect to login.Affected if The admin files contain no session validation, no include of an auth check file, and no redirection to a login page.
The environment is affected if the Jayesh Online Exam System version 1.0 is deployed and the /admin/update.php or /admin/dashboard.php pages are accessible without any authentication.
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 authentication and session validation for all admin pages, and add role-based access control (RBAC) to ensure only authenticated administrators can access dashboard functions and perform privileged operations like user deletion.
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- Review / QA3.0 h
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-40480 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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