Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-7138

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 28 December 2023

Published
28 December 2023
Modified
29 October 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 6.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0012 31.0th percentile
Risk Priority 13 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-7138 is a medium-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Fabian Client Details System. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 31.0th 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 code-projects Client Details System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /admin of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument username leads to sql…

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injection. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-249141 was 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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Why these techniques?

SQL injection in public-facing web app /admin endpoint enables exploitation of public-facing applications (T1190) and abuse of server software components (T1505, as mapped by VulDB).

Affected Assets

fabian
client details system
1.0

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.

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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