# CVE-2024-6951: SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store System admin_delete.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in admin_delete.php to read or modify database contents in the Simple Online Book Store 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:** 21 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6f4g-56w4-hc6v

## What is CVE-2024-6951?

CVE-2024-6951 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store System, published on 21 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file admin_delete.php. The manipulation of the argument bookisbn 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-272073 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-6951?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Simple Online Book Store System.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-6951?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-6951 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-6951 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-6951 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store System

- [CVE-2025-63891](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-63891/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-37796](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-37796/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-6951 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-6951 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store System, published on 21 Jul 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-2024-6951 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Simple Online Book Store 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-2024-6951/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6951/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-6951
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6951
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6951

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6951/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.