CVE-2023-51801
Published: 29 February 2024
Summary
CVE-2023-51801 is a critical-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Oretnom23 Simple Student Attendance System. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2023-51801 is a SQL injection vulnerability in Simple Student Attendance System version 1.0. The flaw resides in the student_form.php and class_form.php pages, where the id parameter is not properly sanitized before being used in SQL queries, enabling remote attackers to supply crafted payloads that result in arbitrary code execution.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue over the network by sending a malicious request containing the injected payload to either of the affected pages. Successful exploitation grants full control over the application database and potentially the underlying host, allowing data exfiltration, modification, or further lateral movement within the environment.
Public references consist of a GitHub repository containing proof-of-concept material; no vendor advisory or official patch information is provided in the available sources. The associated EPSS score has remained essentially flat near 0.07 with a peak of 0.0758, indicating moderate but stable exploitation interest since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-56485
Vulnerability details
SQL Injection vulnerability in the Simple Student Attendance System v.1.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a crafted payload to the id parameter in the student_form.php and the class_form.php pages.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.