Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-40748

Critical

Published: 28 August 2023

Published
28 August 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
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 0.4727 97.8th percentile
Risk Priority 48 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-40748 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Phpjabbers Food Delivery Script. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 2.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

PHPJabbers Food Delivery Script version 3.0 contains a SQL injection vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-40748 and assigned CWE-89. The flaw resides in the "q" parameter of index.php and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible attack vectors that require no authentication or user interaction.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input to the affected parameter and execute arbitrary SQL commands against the back-end database. Successful exploitation grants full read, write, and delete access to application data, enabling theft of sensitive records, modification of orders or user information, and potential disruption of service availability.

Public references consist of a technical disclosure on Medium and the vendor product page; neither source describes an official patch or mitigation steps. The associated EPSS score has remained steady at 0.4727 since disclosure, indicating sustained but not newly emerging exploitation interest.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

PHPJabbers Food Delivery Script 3.0 has a SQL injection (SQLi) vulnerability in the "q" parameter of index.php.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

phpjabbers
food delivery script
3.0

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.

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