# CVE-2023-1849: SourceCodester Online Payroll System cashadvance_row.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the cashadvance_row.php file to read or modify payroll data.

- **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:** 5 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 22 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-245m-v6j6-g3gr

## What is CVE-2023-1849?

CVE-2023-1849 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Payroll System, published on 5 Apr 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 Payroll System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/cashadvance_row.php. The manipulation of the argument id leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-224989 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1849?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Online Payroll System Project Online Payroll System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1849?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1849 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1849 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-1849 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Online Payroll System

- [CVE-2023-1845](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1845/): SourceCodester Online Payroll System employee_row.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-1846](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1846/): SourceCodester Online Payroll System deduction_row.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-1847](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1847/): SourceCodester Online Payroll System attendance.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-1848](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1848/): SourceCodester Online Payroll System attendance_row.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-1850](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1850/): SourceCodester Online Payroll System login.php sql injection (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1849 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1849 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Online Payroll System, published on 5 Apr 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-2023-1849 exists.

Affected product: SourceCodester Online Payroll 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-2023-1849/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1849/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1849
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1849
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1849

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1849/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.