# CVE-2023-0903: SourceCodester Employee Task Management System edit-task.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in edit-task.php to read or modify database contents, requiring authentication.

- **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:** 18 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 25 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fxwh-5m79-c73p

## What is CVE-2023-0903?

CVE-2023-0903 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Employee Task Management System, published on 18 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 Employee Task Management System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file edit-task.php. The manipulation of the argument task_id leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221452.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-0903?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Employee Task Management System Project Employee Task Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-0903?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-0903 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-0903 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0903 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Employee Task Management System

- [CVE-2023-0905](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0905/): SourceCodester Employee Task Management System changePasswordForEmployee.php improper authentication (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-0904](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0904/): SourceCodester Employee Task Management System task-details.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-1199](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1199/): CodeAstro Employee Task Management System attendance-info.php denial of service (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-0903 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-0903 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Employee Task Management System, published on 18 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-0903 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Employee Task Management System. 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-2023-0903/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0903/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-0903
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-0903
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-0903

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0903/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.