# CVE-2023-1858: SourceCodester Earnings and Expense Tracker App index.php information disclosure

> Remote attackers can exploit an information disclosure vulnerability in the index.php file to access sensitive data.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3rvc-764q-q5rq

## What is CVE-2023-1858?

CVE-2023-1858 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Earnings and Expense Tracker App, 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 Earnings and Expense Tracker App 1.0. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the file index.php. The manipulation of the argument page leads to information disclosure. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The identifier VDB-224997 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1858?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Earnings and Expense Tracker App Project Earnings and Expense Tracker App.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1858?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1858 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1858 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1858 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Earnings and Expense Tracker App

- [CVE-2023-1785](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1785/): SourceCodester Earnings and Expense Tracker App manage_user.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-1689](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1689/): SourceCodester Earnings and Expense Tracker App cross site scripting (low 3.5)
- [CVE-2023-1690](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1690/): SourceCodester Earnings and Expense Tracker App cross site scripting (low 3.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1858 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1858 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SourceCodester Earnings and Expense Tracker App, published on 5 Apr 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-2023-1858 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Earnings and Expense Tracker App. 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-2023-1858/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1858/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1858
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1858
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1858

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1858/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.