# CVE-2023-1738: SourceCodester Young Entrepreneur E-Negosyo System sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the search parameter to read or modify database contents in the Young Entrepreneur E-Negosyo System.

- **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:** 30 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 12 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9f9q-53rx-29xj

## What is CVE-2023-1738?

CVE-2023-1738 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Young Entrepreneur E-Negosyo System, published on 30 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 Young Entrepreneur E-Negosyo System 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file index.php?q=product. The manipulation of the argument search leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. VDB-224626 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-2023-1738?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Young Entrepreneur E-Negosyo System Project Young Entrepreneur E-Negosyo System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1738?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1738 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1738 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1738 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Young Entrepreneur E-Negosyo System

- [CVE-2023-1734](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1734/): SourceCodester Young Entrepreneur E-Negosyo System unrestricted upload (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-1737](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1737/): SourceCodester Young Entrepreneur E-Negosyo System login.php sql injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-1735](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1735/): SourceCodester Young Entrepreneur E-Negosyo System passwordrecover.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-1736](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1736/): SourceCodester Young Entrepreneur E-Negosyo System sql injection (medium 5.5)
- [CVE-2023-1686](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1686/): SourceCodester Young Entrepreneur E-Negosyo System GET Parameter index.php cross site scripting (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1738 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1738 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Young Entrepreneur E-Negosyo System, published on 30 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-2023-1738 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Young Entrepreneur E-Negosyo 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-2023-1738/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1738/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1738
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1738
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1738

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1738/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.