# CVE-2024-12939: code-projects Job Recruitment _all_edits.php add_edu sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the Job Recruitment application to read or modify database contents via the degree parameter.

- **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:** 26 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 26 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fm5q-8q9h-232m

## What is CVE-2024-12939?

CVE-2024-12939 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Job Recruitment, published on 26 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in code-projects Job Recruitment 1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function add_edu of the file /_parse/_all_edits.php. The manipulation of the argument degree leads to sql injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Other parameters might be affected as well.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command), CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12939?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Anisha Job Recruitment.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12939?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12939 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12939 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12939 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Job Recruitment

- [CVE-2025-0806](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0806/): code-projects Job Recruitment _call_job_search_ajax.php cross site scripting (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-12978](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12978/): code-projects Job Recruitment _all_edits.php add_req sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-12979](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12979/): code-projects Job Recruitment _all_edits.php cn_update cross site scripting (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-12980](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12980/): code-projects Job Recruitment _all_edits.php fln_update cross site scripting (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-12962](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12962/): code-projects Job Recruitment _all_edits.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12939 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12939 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Job Recruitment, published on 26 Dec 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-2024-12939 exists.

Affected product: code-projects Job Recruitment. 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-2024-12939/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12939/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12939
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12939
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12939

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12939/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.