# CVE-2024-10169: code-projects Hospital Management System change-password.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the change-password.php file to read or modify database contents.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **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:** 20 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xw5m-v83c-xc7p

## What is CVE-2024-10169?

CVE-2024-10169 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Hospital Management System, published on 20 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in code-projects Hospital Management System 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file change-password.php. The manipulation of the argument cpass leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10169?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fabian Hospital Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-10169?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10169 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-10169 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-10169 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Hospital Management System

- [CVE-2024-12969](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12969/): code-projects Hospital Management System Login index.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-8944](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8944/): code-projects Hospital Management System check_availability.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-8569](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8569/): code-projects Hospital Management System user-login.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-8368](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-8368/): code-projects Hospital Management System Login index.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-11609](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11609/): code-projects Hospital Management System express-session hard-coded key (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-10169 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-10169 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Hospital Management System, published on 20 Oct 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-2024-10169 exists.

Affected product: code-projects Hospital 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-2024-10169/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10169/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-10169
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-10169
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-10169

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10169/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.