# CVE-2023-1950: PHPGurukul BP Monitoring Management System Password Recovery password-recovery.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the password recovery module to read or modify 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:** 8 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fw8h-ffm5-28cp

## What is CVE-2023-1950?

CVE-2023-1950 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul BP Monitoring Management System, published on 8 Apr 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 PHPGurukul BP Monitoring Management System 1.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file password-recovery.php of the component Password Recovery. The manipulation of the argument emailid/contactno 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-225337 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-1950?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul Bp Monitoring Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-1950?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-1950 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-1950 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-1950 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in PHPGurukul BP Monitoring Management System

- [CVE-2023-27074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27074/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-5856](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5856/): PHPGurukul BP Monitoring Management System registration.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2023-1949](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1949/): PHPGurukul BP Monitoring Management System Change Password change-password.php sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-8134](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8134/): PHPGurukul BP Monitoring Management System bwdates-report-result.php sql injection (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-5761](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5761/): PHPGurukul BP Monitoring Management System edit-family-member.php sql injection (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-1950 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-1950 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul BP Monitoring Management System, published on 8 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-2023-1950 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: PHPGurukul BP Monitoring 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-2023-1950/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1950/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-1950
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1950
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-1950

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1950/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.