Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-7172

HighPublic PoC

Published: 30 December 2023

Published
30 December 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0168 82.6th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-7172 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Phpgurukul Hospital Management System. Its CVSS base score is 7.3 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Valid Accounts (T1078); ranked in the top 17.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; 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, has been found in PHPGurukul Hospital Management System 1.0. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Admin Dashboard. The manipulation leads to sql injection. The attack may be launched…

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remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-249356.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1078 Valid Accounts Stealth
Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of existing accounts as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.
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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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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 vulnerability in admin login/dashboard enables exploitation of public-facing web application (T1190), authentication bypass for valid account access (T1078), arbitrary database queries for data collection (T1213.006), and abuse of server software component as noted in advisories (T1505).

Affected Assets

phpgurukul
hospital management 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.

References