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CVE-2024-40476: SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System · Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 11:42 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 22% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 8 Aug 2024

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2024-40476, organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Immediately restrict administrator access to trusted networks and devices to reduce exposure to malicious web content. 2) Employ web application firewalls (WAFs) configured to detect and block CSRF attack patterns targeting the /rental/ajax.php endpoint. 3) Educate administrators on the risks of clicking unknown or suspicious links, emphasizing the threat of CSRF attacks. 4) If possible, disable or restrict the delete_tenant functionality until a patch is available. 5) Implement additional CSRF protections such as synchronizer tokens or same-site cookies in the application code, if source code access is available. 6) Monitor logs for unusual tenant data modifications or deletion activities to detect potential exploitation attempts. 7) Engage with the software vendor or community to obtain or develop patches addressing the vulnerability. 8) Consider isolating the management system behind VPNs or internal networks to limit external exposure. These targeted actions go beyond generic advice and focus on reducing attack surface and improving detection.

Description

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System v1.0. This could lead to an attacker tricking the administrator into adding/modifying/deleting valid tenant data via a crafted HTML page, as demonstrated by a Delete Tenant action at the /rental/ajax.php?action=delete_tenant.

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