# CVE-2023-23574: Authenticated Blind SQL Injection on alerts count in Guardian/CMC before 22.6.2

> Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary SQL statements to extract or modify database information in Nozomi Networks Guardian and CMC.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA: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:** 9 Aug 2023
- **Updated:** 20 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q578-hqmw-59mf

## What is CVE-2023-23574?

CVE-2023-23574 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Nozomi Networks CMC, published on 9 Aug 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A blind SQL Injection vulnerability in Nozomi Networks Guardian and CMC, due to improper input validation in the alerts_count component, allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL statements on the DBMS used by the web application.

Authenticated users may be able to extract arbitrary information from the DBMS in an uncontrolled way, alter its structure and data, and/or affect its availability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-23574?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Nozominetworks Cmc, Nozominetworks Guardian.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-23574?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-23574 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-23574 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-23574 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Nozomi Networks CMC

- [CVE-2023-29245](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29245/): SQL Injection on IDS parsing of malformed asset fields in Guardian/CMC >= 22.6.0 before 22.6.3 and 23.1.0 (critical 9.2)
- [CVE-2026-31984](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-31984/): DoS through oversized audit log entries in Guardian/CMC before 26.2.0 (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2023-2567](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2567/): Authenticated SQL Injection on Query functionality in Guardian/CMC before 22.6.3 and 23.1.0 (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2023-22378](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-22378/): Authenticated Blind SQL Injection on sorting in Guardian/CMC before 22.6.2 (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2022-4259](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4259/): Authenticated SQL Injection on Alerts in Guardian/CMC before 22.5.2 (high 8.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-23574 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-23574 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Nozomi Networks CMC, published on 9 Aug 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-2023-23574 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Nozomi Networks CMC. 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-2023-23574/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23574/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-23574
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-23574
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-23574

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