# CVE-2024-12959: 1000 Projects Portfolio Management System MCA update_personal_details.php sql injection

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 26 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wx8m-v849-9cjp

## What is CVE-2024-12959?

CVE-2024-12959 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in 1000 Projects Portfolio Management System MCA, published on 26 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in 1000 Projects Portfolio Management System MCA 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /update_personal_details.php. The manipulation of the argument q 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), CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12959?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 1000projects Portfolio Management System Mca.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12959?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12959 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12959 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12959 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in 1000 Projects Portfolio Management System MCA

- [CVE-2024-12942](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12942/): 1000 Projects Portfolio Management System MCA admin_login.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-12958](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12958/): 1000 Projects Portfolio Management System MCA update_pro_details.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-12960](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12960/): 1000 Projects Portfolio Management System MCA update_edu_details.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-12961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12961/): 1000 Projects Portfolio Management System MCA update_ach_details.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-12965](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12965/): 1000 Projects Portfolio Management System MCA update_ex_detail.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12959 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12959 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in 1000 Projects Portfolio Management System MCA, published on 26 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-12959 exists.

Affected product: 1000 Projects Portfolio Management System MCA. 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-2024-12959/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12959/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12959
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12959
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12959

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