# CVE-2023-44088: SQL Injection in Visual Console

> Low-privilege attackers can execute arbitrary SQL queries in Pandora FMS, potentially reading or modifying database contents.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 17 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5fhj-x7g6-jh74

## What is CVE-2023-44088?

CVE-2023-44088 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Pandora FMS, published on 29 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Pandora FMS on all allows SQL Injection. Arbitrary SQL queries were allowed to be executed using any account with low privileges. This issue affects Pandora FMS: from 700 through 774.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44088?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pandorafms Pandora Fms.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-44088?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44088 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-44088 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44088 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- PandoraFMS 7.0NG.772 - SQL Injection (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Pandora FMS

- [CVE-2021-34074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-34074/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-13854](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13854/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-11749](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11749/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2020-13851](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-13851/): Command injection in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-34088](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-34088/): Pandora FMS Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Ping Module (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-44088 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-44088 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Pandora FMS, published on 29 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44088 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Pandora FMS. 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-2023-44088/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44088/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-44088
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44088
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-44088

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44088/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.