# CVE-2023-3801: IBOS OA Mobile Notification edit actionEdit sql injection

> An attacker with permissions can exploit SQL injection in the IBOS OA mobile notification edit action to read or modify database contents.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/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:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jul 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-59c5-vp3j-xvpm

## What is CVE-2023-3801?

CVE-2023-3801 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in IBOS OA, published on 20 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in IBOS OA 4.5.5. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function actionEdit of the file ?r=officialdoc/officialdoc/edit of the component Mobile Notification Handler. The manipulation leads to sql injection. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-235069 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-3801?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibos Ibos.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-3801?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-3801 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-3801 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3801 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in IBOS OA

- [CVE-2020-21786](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-21786/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-28265](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-28265/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-21785](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-21785/): In IBOS 4.5.4 Open, the database backup has Command Injection Vulnerability. (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-4849](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4849/): IBOS OA trash&op=del sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-4850](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4850/): IBOS OA del sql injection (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-3801 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-3801 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in IBOS OA, published on 20 Jul 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-3801 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: IBOS OA. 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-2023-3801/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3801/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-3801
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-3801
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-3801

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-3801/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.