# CVE-2023-1053: SourceCodester Music Gallery Site view_category.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in view_category.php to read or modify database contents in SourceCodester Music Gallery Site.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-525g-j2g4-q3rq

## What is CVE-2023-1053?

CVE-2023-1053 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Music Gallery Site, published on 27 Feb 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Music Gallery Site 1.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file view_category.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to sql injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-221819.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1053?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Music Gallery Site Project Music Gallery Site.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1053?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1053 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1053 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1053 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Music Gallery Site

- [CVE-2023-0963](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0963/): SourceCodester Music Gallery Site POST Request Users.php access control (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-0961](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0961/): SourceCodester Music Gallery Site GET Request view_music_details.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-0962](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0962/): SourceCodester Music Gallery Site GET Request Master.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-0938](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0938/): SourceCodester Music Gallery Site GET Request music_list.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-1054](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1054/): SourceCodester Music Gallery Site sql injection (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1053 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1053 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Music Gallery Site, published on 27 Feb 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1053 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Music Gallery Site. 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-2023-1053/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1053/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1053
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1053
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1053

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1053/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.