A weakness has been identified in code-projects Online Bidding System 1.0. This issue affects the function categoryadd of the file /administrator/addcategory.php. This manipulation of the argument catimage causes unrestricted upload. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be exploited.
The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
Access control involves the use of several protection mechanisms such as:
When any mechanism is not applied or otherwise fails, attackers can compromise the security of the product by gaining privileges, reading sensitive information, executing commands, evading detection, etc. There are two distinct behaviors that can introduce access control weaknesses: