Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-34756

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 14 June 2023

Published
14 June 2023
Modified
03 January 2025
KEV Added
Patch
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 0.3324 97.0th percentile
Risk Priority 40 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-34756 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Bloofox Bloofoxcms. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 3.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

Deeper analysis

bloofox v0.5.2.1 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the cid parameter of the admin/index.php script when accessed with mode=settings&page=charset&action=edit. The flaw is tracked as CVE-2023-34756, carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, and is categorized under CWE-89.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input to the affected parameter and execute arbitrary SQL commands against the underlying database, resulting in full read, write, and delete access to application data as well as potential takeover of the host.

The two referenced disclosure posts describe the discovery of multiple similar injection issues in the same version but contain no information on vendor patches or mitigation steps. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.3324 since publication.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

bloofox v0.5.2.1 was discovered to contain a SQL injection vulnerability via the cid parameter at admin/index.php?mode=settings&page=charset&action=edit.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

bloofox
bloofoxcms
0.5.2.1

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.

addresses: CWE-89

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

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

References