Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-22900

Critical

Published: 31 January 2023

Published
31 January 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0054 67.9th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-22900 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Thinkingsoftware Efence. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 32.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Efence login function has insufficient validation for user input. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject arbitrary SQL commands to access, modify or delete database.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

thinkingsoftware
efence
1.2.58

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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