A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the file edit-photo.php of the component Photo Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-434. The software allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 09/10/2022. The weakness was disclosed 10/09/2022 by Akash Pandey (l3v1ath0n) as blog post (Medium). It is possible to read the advisory at medium.com. The vendor was not involved in the public release. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-3436. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1608.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. It is possible to download the exploit at packetstormsecurity.com. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 29 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. By approaching the search of inurl:edit-photo.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Web-Based Student Clearance System

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