# CVE-2024-5117: SourceCodester Event Registration System portal.php sql injection

> Attackers can exploit SQL injection in portal.php to manipulate database queries, potentially reading or modifying sensitive event registration data.

- **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:** 20 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6f9v-qjpx-j4pc

## What is CVE-2024-5117?

CVE-2024-5117 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Event Registration System, published on 20 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SourceCodester Event Registration System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file portal.php. The manipulation of the argument username/password leads to sql injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-265197 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5117?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Event Registration System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5117?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5117 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5117 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5117 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Event Registration System

- [CVE-2024-5118](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5118/): SourceCodester Event Registration System login.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-5122](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5122/): SourceCodester Event Registration System sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-5123](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5123/): SourceCodester Event Registration System cross site scripting (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-5119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5119/): SourceCodester Event Registration System sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-5120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5120/): SourceCodester Event Registration System sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5117 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5117 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Event Registration System, published on 20 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5117 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Event 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-2024-5117/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5117/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5117
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5117
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5117

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5117/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.