CVE-2024-10448: Blood Bank Management System CSRF Vulnerability

CVE-2024-10448 Overview

CVE-2024-10448 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability affecting code-projects Blood Bank Management System 1.0. The flaw resides in the /file/delete.php endpoint, where the bid parameter can be manipulated through a forged request. An attacker can craft a malicious page or link that, when visited by an authenticated administrator, triggers unintended record deletions. The exploit has been publicly disclosed, and the vendor advisory notes that additional endpoints may share the same weakness.

Critical Impact
Remote attackers can trick authenticated users into deleting blood bank records without their consent, compromising data integrity across the application.

Affected Products

Fabian Blood Bank Management System 1.0
/file/delete.php endpoint accepting the bid parameter
Potentially other state-changing endpoints lacking CSRF protection

Discovery Timeline

2024-10-28 - CVE-2024-10448 published to the National Vulnerability Database
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2024-10448

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability is a classic Cross-Site Request Forgery weakness classified under [CWE-352]. The /file/delete.php script processes deletion requests based solely on the bid URL parameter and the victim's active session cookie. The application does not validate the origin of the request, nor does it require a per-request anti-CSRF token.

An attacker who knows a valid bid value can embed a crafted link, image tag, or auto-submitting form on an attacker-controlled page. When an authenticated administrator loads that page, the browser automatically attaches session cookies to the outbound request. The server treats the forged request as legitimate and deletes the targeted record.

The public disclosure on GitHub provides a working proof of concept, lowering the barrier to exploitation. Because the vendor advisory states that "other endpoints might be affected," the overall attack surface likely extends beyond deletion to any state-changing action in the application.

Root Cause

The root cause is the absence of CSRF defenses on authenticated state-changing endpoints. The application relies on ambient session authentication without validating request origin headers, synchronizer tokens, or the SameSite cookie attribute.

Attack Vector

Exploitation occurs remotely over the network and requires no authentication from the attacker. Instead, the attacker must induce an authenticated user, typically an administrator, to load attacker-controlled content. See the GitHub CSRF Attack Repository and VulDB entry #282008 for proof-of-concept details.

Detection Methods for CVE-2024-10448

Indicators of Compromise

Unexpected GET or POST requests to /file/delete.php with a bid parameter originating from external Referer headers
Deletion events in application logs that do not correlate with legitimate administrator workflows
Session activity showing deletion requests immediately following navigation from unknown domains

Detection Strategies

Monitor web server access logs for requests to delete.php where the Referer header is absent, external, or inconsistent with the application host
Alert on anomalous deletion rates per administrator session, especially bursts of sequential bid values
Correlate browser-based email or chat link clicks with subsequent deletion events in the Blood Bank Management System

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable detailed audit logging on all delete.php, update.php, and similar state-changing scripts
Capture Origin, Referer, and User-Agent headers in reverse-proxy logs for forensic analysis
Forward web application and database audit logs to a centralized analytics platform for behavioral baselining

How to Mitigate CVE-2024-10448

Immediate Actions Required

Restrict access to the Blood Bank Management System administrative interface by IP allowlist or VPN until a patch is applied
Instruct administrators to log out of the application before browsing untrusted sites and to use isolated browser profiles
Review deletion logs for the last several months to identify any records removed through forged requests

Patch Information

No official vendor patch has been published in the enriched advisory data. Organizations should monitor the Code Projects Resource Hub and VulDB entry #282008 for updates. In the absence of a vendor fix, apply the workarounds below.

Workarounds

Implement anti-CSRF tokens on every state-changing form and verify them server-side before executing the action
Set session cookies with SameSite=Strict (or at minimum SameSite=Lax) and the Secure and HttpOnly flags
Validate the Origin and Referer headers on sensitive endpoints and reject requests that do not match the application host
Deploy a Web Application Firewall rule that blocks requests to /file/delete.php lacking a matching origin header

bash

# Example WAF rule concept (ModSecurity-style) to block CSRF on delete.php
SecRule REQUEST_URI "@contains /file/delete.php" \
  "id:1004480,phase:1,deny,status:403,\
   chain,msg:'CVE-2024-10448 CSRF block - missing or external Referer'"
  SecRule &REQUEST_HEADERS:Referer "@eq 0"