Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-48050

Critical

Published: 15 December 2023

Published
15 December 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 0.0194 83.8th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-48050 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Camsbiometrics Zkteco\, Essl\, Cams Biometrics Integration Module. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 16.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

SQL injection vulnerability in Cams Biometrics Zkteco, eSSL, Cams Biometrics Integration Module with HR Attendance (aka odoo-biometric-attendance) v. 13.0 through 16.0.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code and to gain privileges via the db parameter in the controllers/controllers.py…

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CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation
Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
Why these techniques?

SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2023-48050) in Odoo biometric attendance module enables remote exploitation of a public-facing web application (T1190) for arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation (T1068).

Affected Assets

camsbiometrics
zkteco\, essl\, cams biometrics integration module
13.0 — 16.0.1
odoo
biometric attendance
13.0 — 16.0.1

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.

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