Cyber Resilience

CVE-2024-5135

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 20 May 2024

Published
20 May 2024
Modified
21 February 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v4 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0025 48.1th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2024-5135 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Directory Management System. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 48.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

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Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Directory Management System 1.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /admin/index.php. The manipulation of the argument username leads to sql injection. The attack may be…

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initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-265211.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
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Why these techniques?

SQL injection vulnerability in public-facing web application (/admin/index.php) enables remote exploitation for initial access (T1190) and querying databases for data collection (T1213.006).

Affected Assets

phpgurukul
directory management system
1.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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