# CVE-2024-13035: code-projects Chat System update_user.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the admin user update script 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:** 30 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 30 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hm8f-4wxj-jx75

## What is CVE-2024-13035?

CVE-2024-13035 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Chat System, published on 30 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in code-projects Chat System 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/update_user.php. The manipulation of the argument id 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-2024-13035?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Code-Projects Chat System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-13035?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13035 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13035 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13035 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Chat System

- [CVE-2025-0171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0171/): code-projects Chat System deleteuser.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-0172](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0172/): code-projects Chat System deleteroom.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-13033](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13033/): code-projects Chat System chatroom.php cross site scripting (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-13034](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13034/): code-projects Chat System update_user.php cross site scripting (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-13019](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13019/): code-projects Chat System Chat Room Page update_room.php cross site scripting (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13035 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13035 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in code-projects Chat System, published on 30 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13035 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: code-projects Chat 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-2024-13035/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13035/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13035
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13035
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13035

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