facileManager Privilege Escalation via Mass Assignment
facileManager is a modular suite of web apps built with the sysadmin in mind. In versions 4.5.0 and earlier, when a user updates their profile, a POST request containing user information is sent to the endpoint server/fm-modules/facileManager/ajax/processPost.php. It was found that non-admins can arbitrarily set their permissions and grant their non-admin accounts with super user privileges.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2024-24573
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 20:24 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
facileManager Privilege Escalation via Mass Assignment
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 31 Jan 2024, 22:33 UTC
facileManager is a modular suite of web apps built with the sysadmin in mind. In versions 4.5.0 and earlier, when a user updates their profile, a POST request containing user information is sent to the endpoint server/fm-modules/facileManager/ajax/processPost.php. It was found that non-admins can arbitrarily set their permissions and grant their non-admin accounts with super user privileges.
osv:CVE-2024-24573
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-24573",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
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"title": "facileManager Privilege Escalation via Mass Assignment",
"summary": "facileManager is a modular suite of web apps built with the sysadmin in mind. In versions 4.5.0 and earlier, when a user updates their profile, a POST request containing user information is sent to the endpoint server/fm-modules/facileManager/ajax/processPost.php. It was found that non-admins can arbitrarily set their permissions and grant their non-admin accounts with super user privileges.",
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"https://github.com/WillyXJ/facileManager/security/advisories/GHSA-w67q-pp62-j4pf",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-24573",
"https://github.com/WillyXJ/facileManager/commit/0aa850d4b518f10143a4c675142b15caa5872877"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 489807,
"published_at": "2024-01-31T22:33:11.697+00:00"
}