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CVE-2023-5277

Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—

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 initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-240905 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Engineers Online Portal Project — Engineers Online Portal

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