Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-5261

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 29 September 2023

Published
29 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 0.0011 29.0th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-5261 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 29.0th 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, which was classified as critical, was found in Tongda OA 2017. Affected is an unknown function of the file general/hr/manage/staff_title_evaluation/delete.php. The manipulation of the argument EVALUATION_ID leads to sql injection. The exploit has been disclosed to the public…

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and may be used. Upgrading to version 11.10 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-240870 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

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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T1505 Server Software Component Persistence
Adversaries may abuse legitimate extensible development features of servers to establish persistent access to systems.
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T1213.006 Databases Collection
Adversaries may leverage databases to mine valuable information.
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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in public-facing Tongda OA web application (delete.php) enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190), abuse of server software components for arbitrary SQL execution (T1505), and data collection from databases (T1213.006).

Affected Assets

tongda2000
tongda office anywhere
2017 · ≤ 11.10

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.

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