# CVE-2024-5063: PHPGurukul Online Course Registration System index.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the admin login to access or modify database contents in PHPGurukul Online Course Registration System.

- **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:** 17 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r4wq-hmj7-qrcp

## What is CVE-2024-5063?

CVE-2024-5063 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Online Course Registration System, published on 17 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Online Course Registration System 3.1. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /admin/index.php. The manipulation of the argument username/password leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-264922 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5063?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul Online Course Registration System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5063?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5063 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5063 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5063 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in PHPGurukul Online Course Registration System

- [CVE-2024-5064](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5064/): PHPGurukul Online Course Registration System news-details.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-5065](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5065/): PHPGurukul Online Course Registration System sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2026-0803](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0803/): PHPGurukul Online Course Registration System enroll.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2026-0733](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-0733/): PHPGurukul Online Course Registration System manage-students.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-5066](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5066/): PHPGurukul Online Course Registration System pincode-verification.php sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5063 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5063 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Online Course Registration System, published on 17 May 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-2024-5063 exists.

Affected product: PHPGurukul Online Course Registration 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-2024-5063/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5063/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5063
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5063
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5063

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