CVE-2023-5277
Published: 29 September 2023
Summary
CVE-2023-5277 is a medium-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Engineers Online Portal Project Engineers Online Portal. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked at the 23.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-57601
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in SourceCodester Engineers Online Portal 1.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file student_avatar.php. The manipulation of the argument change leads to unrestricted upload. The attack may be…
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initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-240905 was assigned to this vulnerability.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.
Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.
Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.
Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.