# CVE-2024-0526: CXBSoft Url-shorting HTTP POST Request short_to_long.php sql injection

> SQL injection in CXBSoft Url-shorting allows attackers to manipulate database queries via the shorturl parameter, potentially exposing or modifying data.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/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:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Jan 2024
- **Updated:** 17 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-23m5-7mv6-592m

## What is CVE-2024-0526?

CVE-2024-0526 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in CXBSoft Url-shorting, published on 15 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in CXBSoft Url-shorting up to 1.3.1. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /pages/short_to_long.php of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument shorturl leads to sql injection. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-250696. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-0526?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cxbsoft Url-Shorting.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-0526?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-0526 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-0526 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0526 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in CXBSoft Url-shorting

- [CVE-2024-0527](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0527/): CXBSoft Url-shorting HTTP POST Request update_go.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-0524](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0524/): CXBSoft Url-shorting index.php sql injection (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2024-0525](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0525/): CXBSoft Url-shorting HTTP POST Request long_s_short.php sql injection (medium 5.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-0526 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-0526 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in CXBSoft Url-shorting, published on 15 Jan 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-0526 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: CXBSoft Url-shorting. 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-2024-0526/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0526/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-0526
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-0526
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-0526

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0526/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.