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facileManager Privilege Escalation via Mass Assignment

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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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2 Nov 2026, 20:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

facileManager Privilege Escalation via Mass Assignment

core-osv · Original source

Published 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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  "id": "8ee8316f9641aea008478a12713cdcb280170f200b7f2c676c06e41abfeec966",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-24573",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2024-24573",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2024-24573",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2024-24573",
        "GHSA-w67q-pp62-j4pf"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/facileManager/facileManager",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0aa850d4b518f10143a4c675142b15caa5872877"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "range": [
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                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.5.0"
                      }
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                    "strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
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                        "fixed": "0aa850d4b518f10143a4c675142b15caa5872877"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v4.5.0-complete",
            "v4.2.0-complete",
            "v4.0.0-complete",
            "v3.5.2-complete",
            "facileManager-complete-3.4.1",
            "v3.4-complete",
            "v3.3-complete",
            "v3.2-complete",
            "v3.1-complete",
            "v3.0.3-complete",
            "v3.0.1-complete",
            "v3.0-complete",
            "v2.3.3-complete"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:23.372818664Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/24xxx/CVE-2024-24573.json",
        "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"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
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        ],
        "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
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      }
    },
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        "value": "CVE-2024-24573",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 489807,
  "published_at": "2024-01-31T22:33:11.697+00:00"
}