# CVE-2024-3768: PHPGurukul/itsourcecode News Portal search.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the search feature 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:** 15 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fpx7-mqrg-xrvx

## What is CVE-2024-3768?

CVE-2024-3768 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul News Portal, published on 15 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, has been found in PHPGurukul/itsourcecode News Portal 4.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file search.php. The manipulation of the argument searchtitle leads to sql injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-260615.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3768?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul News Portal Project.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3768?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3768 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3768 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-3768 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in PHPGurukul News Portal

- [CVE-2025-5370](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5370/): PHPGurukul News Portal forgot-password.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-5249](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5249/): PHPGurukul News Portal Project add-category.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-5250](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5250/): PHPGurukul News Portal Project edit-category.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-5251](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5251/): PHPGurukul News Portal Project edit-subcategory.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-5252](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5252/): PHPGurukul News Portal Project edit-subadmin.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3768 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3768 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul News Portal, published on 15 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-2024-3768 exists.

Affected product: PHPGurukul News Portal. 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-2024-3768/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3768/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3768
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3768
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3768

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3768/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.