# CVE-2024-9008: SourceCodester Best Online News Portal Comment Section news-details.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the comment section to read or modify database contents.

- **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:** 19 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 20 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-93wj-7hvc-6x5c

## What is CVE-2024-9008?

CVE-2024-9008 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Best Online News Portal, published on 19 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SourceCodester Best Online News Portal 1.0. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /news-details.php of the component Comment Section. The manipulation of the argument name leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9008?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Mayurik Best Online News Portal.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9008?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9008 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9008 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-9008 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Best Online News Portal

- [CVE-2025-1869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1869/): SQL injection vulnerability in 101news (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-1870](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1870/): SQL injection vulnerability in 101news (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-1871](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1871/): SQL injection vulnerability in 101news (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-1872](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1872/): SQL injection vulnerability in 101news (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-1873](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-1873/): SQL injection vulnerability in 101news (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9008 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9008 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Best Online News Portal, published on 19 Sep 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-2024-9008 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Best Online News Portal. 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-2024-9008/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9008/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9008
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9008
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9008

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9008/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.