# CVE-2023-2368: SourceCodester Faculty Evaluation System sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the Faculty Evaluation System to read or modify database contents.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wgf6-42x8-3826

## What is CVE-2023-2368?

CVE-2023-2368 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Faculty Evaluation System, published on 28 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Faculty Evaluation System 1.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file index.php?page=manage_questionnaire. The manipulation of the argument id leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-227644.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2368?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Faculty Evaluation System Project Faculty Evaluation System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-2368?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2368 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-2368 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2368 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SourceCodester Faculty Evaluation System

- [CVE-2023-33569](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33569/): File upload in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-33439](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33439/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-33440](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33440/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-31842](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31842/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-31843](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31843/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2368 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-2368 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in SourceCodester Faculty Evaluation System, published on 28 Apr 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2368 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SourceCodester Faculty Evaluation 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-2023-2368/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2368/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2368
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-2368
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-2368

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2368/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.