# CVE-2024-5394: itsourcecode Online Student Enrollment System newDept.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in newDept.php to read or modify database contents in the Online Student Enrollment 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:** 27 May 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024

## What is CVE-2024-5394?

CVE-2024-5394 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in itsourcecode Online Student Enrollment System, published on 27 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in itsourcecode Online Student Enrollment System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file newDept.php. The manipulation of the argument deptname leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-266308.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5394?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Itsourcecode Online Student Enrollment System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5394?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5394 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5394 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5394 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in itsourcecode Online Student Enrollment System

- [CVE-2026-36232](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-36232/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-36233](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-36233/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-36234](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-36234/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-36235](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-36235/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-5390](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5390/): itsourcecode Online Student Enrollment System listofstudent.php sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5394 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5394 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in itsourcecode Online Student Enrollment System, published on 27 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5394 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: itsourcecode Online Student Enrollment 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-2024-5394/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5394/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5394
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5394
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5394

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5394/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.