Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-40749

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-2023-40749 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 (CWE-89) in the "column" parameter of index.php. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.8, reflecting network-accessible exploitation without authentication or user interaction and resulting in complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input to the affected parameter and execute arbitrary SQL commands against the application's database. Successful exploitation allows extraction or modification of stored data, authentication bypass, or further compromise of the underlying server.

Public references consist of a technical disclosure on Medium that details the injection vector alongside other issues in PHPJabbers products, together with the vendor product page; neither source describes an official patch or mitigation steps. The associated EPSS score stands at 0.4727 with no subsequent increase reported.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

PHPJabbers Food Delivery Script v3.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection in the "column" 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