Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-4349

HighPublic PoC

Published: 30 April 2024

Published
30 April 2024
Modified
26 September 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0038 59.7th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-4349 is a high-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Donbermoy Pisay Online E-Learning System. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 40.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Pisay Online E-Learning System 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /lesson/controller.php. The manipulation of the argument file leads to unrestricted upload. The attack…

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can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-262489 was assigned to this vulnerability.

CWE(s)
CWE-434

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1105 Ingress Tool Transfer Command And Control
Adversaries may transfer tools or other files from an external system into a compromised environment.
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T1505.003 Web Shell Persistence
Adversaries may backdoor web servers with web shells to establish persistent access to systems.
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Why these techniques?

Unrestricted file upload in public-facing web app (/lesson/controller.php) enables exploitation (T1190), ingress of malicious payloads like PHP webshells (T1105), and web shell deployment for RCE (T1100, T1505.003).

Affected Assets

donbermoy
pisay online e-learning system
1.0

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.

MP-7 Media Use
addresses: CWE-434

Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.

SC-44 Detonation Chambers
addresses: CWE-434

Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.

SC-51 Hardware-based Protection
addresses: CWE-434

Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.

SI-3 Malicious Code Protection
addresses: CWE-434

Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.

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