CVE-2023-39344 social-media-skeleton vulnerable to Pre-Auth SQLi leading to RCE

Critical 10.0 Published Updated

An attacker can exploit a pre-authentication SQL injection vulnerability in the social-media-skeleton project to achieve remote code execution.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2023-39344?

CVE-2023-39344 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in fobybus social-media-skeleton, published on 4 Aug 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

social-media-skeleton is an uncompleted social media project. A SQL injection vulnerability in the project allows UNION based injections, which indirectly leads to remote code execution. Commit 3cabdd35c3d874608883c9eaf9bf69b2014d25c1 contains a fix for this issue.

Weakness: CWE-89

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-39344?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fobybus Social-Media-Skeleton.

How do I fix CVE-2023-39344?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-39344 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2023-39344 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-39344 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-857x-p6fq-mgfh.

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