# CVE-2024-3255: SourceCodester Internship Portal Management System edit_admin_query.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the admin query editor to read or modify database contents.

- **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:** 3 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-94xq-wrrp-5jr6

## What is CVE-2024-3255?

CVE-2024-3255 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Internship Portal Management System, published on 3 Apr 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SourceCodester Internship Portal Management System 1.0. Affected is an unknown function of the file admin/edit_admin_query.php. The manipulation of the argument username/password/name/admin_id leads to sql injection. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-259104.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3255?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Chatikobo Internship Portal Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3255?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3255 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3255 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3255 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Internship Portal Management System

- [CVE-2024-3252](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3252/): SourceCodester Internship Portal Management System check_admin.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-3253](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3253/): SourceCodester Internship Portal Management System add_admin.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-3254](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3254/): SourceCodester Internship Portal Management System edit_admin.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-3256](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3256/): SourceCodester Internship Portal Management System edit_activity.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-3257](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3257/): SourceCodester Internship Portal Management System edit_activity_query.php sql injection (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3255 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3255 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Internship Portal Management System, published on 3 Apr 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-2024-3255 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Internship Portal 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-2024-3255/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3255/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3255
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3255
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3255

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