Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-5023

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 17 September 2023

Published
17 September 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0003 10.6th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-5023 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Tongda2000 Tongda Office Anywhere. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 10.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability was found in Tongda OA 2017 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file general/hr/manage/staff_relatives/delete.php. The manipulation of the argument RELATIVES_ID leads to sql injection. The exploit has been disclosed to…

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the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-239864.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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.
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T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
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Why these techniques?

The SQL injection vulnerability in the Tongda OA web application enables exploitation of a public-facing application (T1190) and facilitates arbitrary database queries for data collection from databases (T1213.006).

Affected Assets

tongda2000
tongda office anywhere
2017

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

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

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

References