# CVE-2024-5098: SourceCodester Simple Inventory System login.php sql injection

> Attackers can exploit SQL injection in the login form to access or modify database information in the Simple Inventory System.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:A/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:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7v78-784x-w6p3

## What is CVE-2024-5098?

CVE-2024-5098 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Inventory System, published on 19 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Simple Inventory System 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file login.php. The manipulation of the argument username leads to sql injection. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-265081 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5098?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Argie Simple Inventory System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5098?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5098 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5098 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5098 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Simple Inventory System

- [CVE-2022-31340](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31340/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-31339](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31339/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-5097](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5097/): SourceCodester Simple Inventory System tableedit.php#page=editprice cross-site request forgery (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-5099](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5099/): SourceCodester Simple Inventory System updateprice.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-5100](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5100/): SourceCodester Simple Inventory System tableedit.php sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5098 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5098 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Inventory System, published on 19 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5098 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Simple Inventory 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-2024-5098/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5098/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5098
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5098
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5098

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5098/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.