Administrator account takeover via tokenless user update
Published Mar 8, 2026 · Updated Mar 8, 2026
Cross-site request forgery in SourceCodester Computer Laboratory Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to modify administrator accounts. The save_users() handler in classes/Users.php accepts state-changing POST requests using session cookies without a CSRF token or origin check. An authenticated administrator must visit attacker-controlled content; the forged request can change administrator credentials and enable account takeover.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site request forgery in SourceCodester Computer Laboratory Management System 1.0 allows remote attackers to modify administrator accounts. The save_users() handler in classes/Users.php accepts state-changing POST requests using session cookies without a CSRF token or origin check. An authenticated administrator must visit attacker-controlled content; the forged request can change administrator credentials and enable account takeover.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-3770
- Published
- Mar 8, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 8, 2026
- Vendor
- Online Computer and Laptop Store Project
- Product
- Computer Laboratory Management System
- Classifications
- CWE-862, CWE-352
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 8, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0
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Public exploit references
- PHP LMS CSRF administrator account modification proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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