# CVE-2024-0498: Project Worlds Lawyer Management System searchLawyer.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in searchLawyer.php to read or modify database contents in Project Worlds Lawyer Management System.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 17 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r727-8w48-r46x

## What is CVE-2024-0498?

CVE-2024-0498 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Project Worlds Lawyer Management System, published on 13 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Project Worlds Lawyer Management System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file searchLawyer.php. The manipulation of the argument experience leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-250603.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0498?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Projectworlds Online Lawyer Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0498?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0498 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0498 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0498 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Project Worlds Lawyer Management System

- [CVE-2025-4931](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4931/): projectworlds Online Lawyer Management System user_registation.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-4932](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4932/): projectworlds Online Lawyer Management System lawyer_registation.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-3170](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3170/): Project Worlds Online Lawyer Management System admin_user.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-3171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3171/): Project Worlds Online Lawyer Management System approve_lawyer.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-3173](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3173/): Project Worlds Online Lawyer Management System save_booking.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0498 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0498 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Project Worlds Lawyer Management System, published on 13 Jan 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-0498 exists.

Affected product: Project Worlds Lawyer Management System. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0498/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0498/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0498
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0498
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0498

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.