CVE-2024-10557 Overview
CVE-2024-10557 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability [CWE-352] in code-projects Blood Bank Management System 1.0. The flaw resides in the /file/updateprofile.php endpoint, which fails to validate the origin of state-changing requests. An attacker can craft a malicious web page that, when visited by an authenticated user, silently submits a forged profile update request. The exploit has been publicly disclosed, increasing the likelihood of opportunistic abuse against exposed installations.
Critical Impact
An attacker can modify a victim's profile data on the Blood Bank Management System without their consent, provided the victim visits an attacker-controlled page while authenticated.
Affected Products
- code-projects Blood Bank Management System 1.0
- Vendor: Fabian (code-projects.org)
- Affected component: /file/updateprofile.php
Discovery Timeline
- 2024-10-31 - CVE-2024-10557 published to NVD
- 2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database
Technical Details for CVE-2024-10557
Vulnerability Analysis
The vulnerability affects the profile update functionality exposed by /file/updateprofile.php in code-projects Blood Bank Management System 1.0. The application processes state-changing HTTP requests without verifying whether the request originated from a legitimate user action within the application context.
Because no anti-CSRF token, SameSite cookie restriction, or Origin/Referer header validation is enforced, browsers automatically attach the victim's session cookies to any cross-origin request. An attacker who lures an authenticated user to a malicious page can trigger a background POST or GET request that updates the victim's profile fields. The attack requires no privileges and no direct interaction beyond visiting the malicious page.
Root Cause
The root cause is missing CSRF protection on the profile update handler. The endpoint trusts session cookies as the sole authentication signal and does not require a per-session unpredictable token bound to the form submission. This is a classic instance of [CWE-352: Cross-Site Request Forgery].
Attack Vector
The attack is remote and network-based. An attacker hosts a page containing a hidden form or JavaScript that auto-submits a request to /file/updateprofile.php on the vulnerable installation. When an authenticated user loads the page, the browser attaches the session cookie and the server accepts the forged update. A public proof of concept is available in the GitHub CSRF Exploit Repository, and the issue is tracked in the VulDB Vulnerability Report #282559.
No verified code examples are reproduced here. Refer to the linked repository for the disclosed proof-of-concept HTML.
Detection Methods for CVE-2024-10557
Indicators of Compromise
- Unexpected modifications to user profile fields in the Blood Bank Management System database without corresponding legitimate user session activity.
- HTTP requests to /file/updateprofile.php with Referer or Origin headers pointing to external, untrusted domains.
- Bursts of profile update requests from user sessions that did not visit the profile edit page immediately prior.
Detection Strategies
- Enable verbose web server access logging and alert on POST/GET requests to /file/updateprofile.php whose Referer header is empty or does not match the application host.
- Correlate authentication session logs with profile update events to identify updates that occur without a preceding profile page load.
- Deploy a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule that flags cross-origin state-changing requests to the vulnerable endpoint.
Monitoring Recommendations
- Monitor database change logs for profile record updates and review anomalies against user activity trails.
- Track outbound HTTP referrers observed in application logs to identify malicious landing pages hosting CSRF payloads.
- Alert on user complaints or helpdesk tickets referencing unauthorized profile changes as a leading behavioral indicator.
How to Mitigate CVE-2024-10557
Immediate Actions Required
- Restrict access to the Blood Bank Management System to trusted networks or authenticated VPN users until a fix is applied.
- Configure application session cookies with the SameSite=Strict (or at minimum SameSite=Lax) attribute to block cross-site cookie transmission.
- Instruct administrators and users to log out of the application when not in use to shrink the exploitation window.
Patch Information
No vendor patch has been published in the referenced advisories at the time of writing. Consult the Code Projects Resource and the VulDB Entry #282559 for updates. Organizations should track the VulDB Submission #433057 record for remediation status.
Workarounds
- Implement a synchronizer token pattern by adding a per-session anti-CSRF token to the profile update form and validating it server-side in /file/updateprofile.php.
- Enforce Origin and Referer header validation on all state-changing requests, rejecting submissions from unexpected hosts.
- Deploy a reverse proxy or WAF rule that requires the Referer header on POST requests to /file/updateprofile.php and matches it against the application's own hostname.
- Consider taking the application offline if it is internet-exposed and cannot be placed behind additional access controls.
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