# CVE-2023-1589: SourceCodester Online Tours & Travels Management System approve_delete.php exec sql injection

> Remote attackers can perform SQL injection via the id parameter in approve_delete.php, potentially reading or modifying database contents.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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:** 23 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 19 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pp7p-2hmh-q857

## What is CVE-2023-1589?

CVE-2023-1589 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Tours & Travels Management System, published on 23 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in SourceCodester Online Tours & Travels Management System 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function exec of the file admin/operations/approve_delete.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-223654 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1589?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Online Tours \& Travels Management System Project Online Tours \& Travels Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1589?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1589 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1589 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1589 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Online Tours & Travels Management System

- [CVE-2022-44401](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-44401/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-0324](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0324/): SourceCodester Online Tours & Travels Management System page-login.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2022-43061](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43061/): File upload in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-41537](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41537/): File upload in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-41416](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41416/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1589 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1589 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Tours & Travels Management System, published on 23 Mar 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-2023-1589 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Online Tours & Travels 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-2023-1589/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1589/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1589
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1589
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1589

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1589/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.