CVE-2024-7192: Society Management System RCE Vulnerability

CVE-2024-7192 Overview

CVE-2024-7192 is an unrestricted file upload vulnerability in itsourcecode Society Management System 1.0. The flaw resides in the /admin/student.php endpoint, where the image parameter fails to validate uploaded file content or extension. Attackers with low-privilege access can upload arbitrary files remotely without user interaction. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and is tracked as VulDB entry VDB-272613. The weakness maps to [CWE-434] Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type.

Critical Impact
Authenticated remote attackers can upload malicious files through the image parameter in /admin/student.php, potentially leading to web shell deployment and server compromise.

Affected Products

itsourcecode Society Management System 1.0
angeljudesuarez society_management_system (all deployments of version 1.0)
Any downstream fork based on the vulnerable /admin/student.php module

Discovery Timeline

2024-07-29 - CVE-2024-7192 published to NVD
2026-06-17 - Last updated in NVD database

Technical Details for CVE-2024-7192

Vulnerability Analysis

The vulnerability exists in the administrative student management module of Society Management System 1.0. The /admin/student.php script accepts file uploads through the image parameter without enforcing restrictions on file type, MIME content, or extension. An authenticated attacker can substitute a server-executable file (for example, a PHP script) in place of a legitimate image.

Once written to a web-accessible directory, the uploaded file can be requested directly by the attacker. This grants arbitrary code execution in the context of the web server user. The exploit vector is network-based and requires only low privileges, which are trivially obtainable in many deployments that ship with default administrative credentials.

Because the application is written in PHP and targets self-hosted environments, successful exploitation typically results in web shell installation, data exfiltration, or pivoting to the underlying host.

Root Cause

The root cause is missing server-side validation on the image upload handler in /admin/student.php. The application relies on client-supplied metadata rather than inspecting file magic bytes, enforcing an extension allowlist, or storing uploads outside the web root. This design flaw is a textbook instance of [CWE-434].

Attack Vector

An attacker authenticates to the admin panel and submits a multipart form POST to /admin/student.php with the image field set to a PHP payload named with a .php or double-extension filename. The server writes the file to a predictable path under the web root, where the attacker then requests it via HTTP to trigger execution.

No verified proof-of-concept code has been released in a form suitable for reproduction here. See the GitHub CVE7-6 write-up and the VulDB Entry #272613 for public technical details.

Detection Methods for CVE-2024-7192

Indicators of Compromise

Presence of unexpected .php, .phtml, or .phar files inside upload directories referenced by /admin/student.php.
Access log entries showing POST requests to /admin/student.php followed shortly by GET requests to newly created files in image upload paths.
Files in image directories with Content-Type values or magic bytes that do not match declared image formats.
Outbound connections from the web server process to attacker-controlled hosts after admin panel activity.

Detection Strategies

Monitor the web server for HTTP POST requests to /admin/student.php containing multipart bodies with executable extensions in the image parameter.
Alert when files written to upload directories have server-executable extensions or PHP shebangs in their first bytes.
Correlate admin authentication events with subsequent file writes under the application document root.

Monitoring Recommendations

Enable PHP open_basedir and audit logs for file creation events in the Society Management System install directory.
Ingest web server access logs into a centralized platform and build detections for POST /admin/student.php followed by GET requests to freshly created paths.
Track process lineage on the web host to identify PHP interpreter spawning shells, curl, wget, or reverse-shell binaries.

How to Mitigate CVE-2024-7192

Immediate Actions Required

Restrict network access to /admin/ paths using IP allowlisting or a VPN until a fix is applied.
Rotate administrator credentials and revoke any sessions active before remediation.
Audit upload directories for unexpected executable files and remove any confirmed web shells.
Disable PHP execution in directories that store user-uploaded content by configuring the web server accordingly.

Patch Information

No official vendor patch has been published for Society Management System 1.0 at the time of writing. Consult the VulDB CTI Report #272613 and VulDB Submission #380387 for status updates. Organizations should treat this application as end-of-life or apply source-level fixes to the /admin/student.php upload handler.

Workarounds

Modify /admin/student.php to validate uploaded files by inspecting magic bytes and enforcing a strict allowlist of image MIME types.
Rename uploaded files to server-generated identifiers and strip original extensions before writing to disk.
Store uploads outside the web root and serve them through a controlled handler that sets Content-Type explicitly.
Deploy a web application firewall rule to block multipart uploads whose image field contains PHP tags or executable extensions.

bash

# Apache configuration to block PHP execution in upload directory
<Directory "/var/www/society_management/uploads">
    php_admin_flag engine off
    <FilesMatch "\.(php|phtml|phar|php[0-9]|inc)$">
        Require all denied
    </FilesMatch>
</Directory>