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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2023-30839 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Prestashop Prestashop. Its CVSS base score is 9.9 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 25% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
PrestaShop is an open source e-commerce web application affected by a SQL filtering vulnerability in versions prior to 8.0.4 and 1.7.8.9. The flaw, tracked as CWE-89, permits improper handling of SQL queries that bypass intended access controls.
A back-office user with limited privileges can exploit the issue over the network to perform arbitrary write, update, and delete operations in the database, achieving full data manipulation impact as reflected in the CVSS 9.9 score.
The official PrestaShop security advisory and associated commits on GitHub document the fixes released in versions 8.0.4 and 1.7.8.9, and state that no workarounds are known.
The EPSS probability reached a peak of 0.0946 on 2026-02-20 before receding to the current value of 0.0459.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-1361
Vulnerability Data
PrestaShop is an Open Source e-commerce web application. Versions prior to 8.0.4 and 1.7.8.9 contain a SQL filtering vulnerability. A BO user can write, update, and delete in the database, even without having specific rights. PrestaShop 8.0.4 and 1.7.8.9 contain…
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a patch for this issue. There are no known workarounds.
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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.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly target injection flaws during coding and review so largely prevent CWE-89 introduction, yet the single broad outcome leaves residual risk from incomplete neutralization techniques or missed edge cases.
Training raises developer awareness of SQLi risks and can reduce introduction likelihood (partial) but removes none of the actual coding flaw's risk by itself since technical neutralization is still required.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
The same secure-coding and static-analysis activities surface missing neutralization of SQL metacharacters before the system is accepted.
Early warnings and shared best-practice information help organizations apply the latest remediation techniques against SQL-injection vulnerabilities.
Threat-intelligence feeds that surface new SQL-injection campaigns enable rapid updates to query-construction defenses and detection signatures before exploitation occurs.
Secure-coding rules and security testing phases mandate the use of parameterized queries or equivalent escaping, preventing the construction of dynamic SQL statements from untrusted input.
Language-specific secure coding rules, peer review and SAST together prevent the construction of SQL statements from untrusted data without proper parameterization or escaping.