# CVE-2023-3337: PuneethReddyHC Online Shopping System Advanced Admin Registration reg.php improper authentication

> Remote attackers can bypass authentication in the admin registration module to gain unauthorized administrative access.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jun 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w87h-m878-5cr7

## What is CVE-2023-3337?

CVE-2023-3337 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in PuneethReddyHC Online Shopping System Advanced, published on 20 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in PuneethReddyHC Online Shopping System Advanced 1.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/reg.php of the component Admin Registration. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. The attack can be launched remotely. The identifier VDB-232009 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3337?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Online Shopping System Advanced Project Online Shopping System Advanced.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-3337?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3337 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-3337 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3337 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-3337 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-3337 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in PuneethReddyHC Online Shopping System Advanced, published on 20 Jun 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3337 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: PuneethReddyHC Online Shopping System Advanced. 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-2023-3337/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3337/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3337
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3337
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3337

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3337/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.