# CVE-2024-1927: SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance System login.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the admin login to access or modify database information.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/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:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-58p8-mxjj-p9qw

## What is CVE-2024-1927?

CVE-2024-1927 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance System, published on 27 Feb 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 SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /Admin/login.php. The manipulation of the argument txtpassword leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-254863.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1927?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Walterjnr1 Web-Based Student Clearance System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1927?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1927 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1927 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1927 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance System

- [CVE-2024-1928](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1928/): SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance System Edit User Profile Page edit-admin.php sql injection (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1927 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1927 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance System, published on 27 Feb 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-2024-1927 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Web-Based Student Clearance 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-2024-1927/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1927/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1927
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1927
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1927

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1927/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.