CVE-2024-48454
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 · uneditedAn issue in SourceCodester Purchase Order Management System v1.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the /admin?page=user component
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 confidenceSourceCodester Purchase Order Management System v1.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the /admin?page=user component. An unauthenticated or authenticated remote attacker can exploit this to execute arbitrary code on the underlying server, likely due to improper input validation or insecure handling of user-supplied data in the user management functionality.
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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
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/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 Purchase Order Management System is installedLocate the web application files or running service. Common paths may include /var/www/html/, /www/pages/, or check for a service listening on web ports (80, 443, 8080). Look for files or directories related to 'purchase order', 'po', or 'order management'.Affected if The application files or service for Purchase Order Management System are found on the system.
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Verify the installed version is 1.0Check application files for version indicators such as version.php, about.php, or a config/database file that lists the version. Compare against the affected version range.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.0.
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Confirm admin interface is accessibleAttempt to access the admin login page via HTTP/HTTPS request to /admin or index.php?page=login. This is required for the vulnerable component to be reachable.Affected if The admin login page returns a 200 OK response and is accessible without authentication or with valid credentials.
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Verify user management component is reachableAccess the vulnerable endpoint by requesting /admin?page=user or /admin/?page=user. This is the specific component where the RCE vulnerability exists.Affected if The user management page loads successfully and accepts user input.
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Check for input validation on user fieldsIf you can access the user management page, inspect the HTML forms and any JavaScript validation. The vulnerability stems from improper input validation, so verify whether user-supplied data in fields (username, name, email) is passed to the server without sanitization.Affected if User input fields in the /admin?page=user component do not appear to have proper input validation or sanitization mechanisms.
A system is affected if it runs SourceCodester Purchase Order Management System version 1.0 with the /admin?page=user component accessible and lacking proper input validation on user management fields.
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 dataRestrict administrative access to trusted networks or users, implement strict input validation and output encoding on all user management functions, and apply any available vendor patches. If no patch exists, consider disabling the affected component or deploying a WAF rule to block malicious payloads.
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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-2024-48454 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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