# CVE-2024-5366: SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System edit-cate.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in edit-cate.php to read or modify database contents in the Best House Rental Management System.

- **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:** 26 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2024-5366?

CVE-2024-5366 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System, published on 26 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System up to 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file edit-cate.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-266278 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-2024-5366?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mayurik Best House Rental Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5366?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5366 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5366 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-5366 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System

- [CVE-2024-48579](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-48579/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-46374](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46374/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-46375](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46375/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-46376](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46376/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-46377](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46377/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5366 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5366 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Best House Rental Management System, published on 26 May 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-2024-5366 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Best House Rental 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-2024-5366/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5366/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5366
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5366
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5366

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5366/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.