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CVE-2024-24573: facileManager Privilege Escalation via Mass Assignment

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-01-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-863

Description

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.

Affected products

• WillyXJ facileManager: before 4.5.1 — fixed in 4.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WillyXJ facileManager 4.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/WillyXJ/facileManager/commit/0aa850d4b518f10143a4c675142b15caa5872877
• https://github.com/WillyXJ/facileManager/security/advisories/GHSA-w67q-pp62-j4pf
• https://github.com/WillyXJ/facileManager/commit/0aa850d4b518f10143a4c675142b15caa5872877
• https://github.com/WillyXJ/facileManager/security/advisories/GHSA-w67q-pp62-j4pf

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