# CVE-2023-0686: SourceCodester Online Eyewear Shop HTTP POST Request update_cart sql injection

> Attackers can exploit SQL injection in the update_cart function to read or modify database contents in the Online Eyewear Shop application.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 25 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fq5p-5w22-52xh

## What is CVE-2023-0686?

CVE-2023-0686 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Eyewear Shop, published on 6 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Online Eyewear Shop 1.0. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function update_cart of the file /oews/classes/Master.php?f=update_cart of the component HTTP POST Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument cart_id leads to sql injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The identifier VDB-220245 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0686?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oretnom23 Online Eyewear Shop.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0686?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0686 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0686 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0686 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Online Eyewear Shop

- [CVE-2025-2846](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2846/): SourceCodester Online Eyewear Shop Registration Users.php registration sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-2651](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-2651/): SourceCodester Online Eyewear Shop admin exposure of information through directory listing (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2024-5894](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5894/): SourceCodester Online Eyewear Shop manage_product.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2023-2244](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2244/): SourceCodester Online Eyewear Shop GET Parameter update_status.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-1969](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1969/): SourceCodester Online Eyewear Shop GET Parameter manage_stock.php sql injection (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0686 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0686 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Eyewear Shop, published on 6 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-0686 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Online Eyewear Shop. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0686/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0686/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0686
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0686
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0686

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.