# CVE-2023-5203: WP Sessions Time Monitoring Full Automatic < 1.0.9 - Unauthenticated SQL injection

> Unauthenticated attackers can extract sensitive database data via SQL injection in the WP Sessions Time Monitoring Full Automatic plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 12 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c568-8x7p-64q6

## What is CVE-2023-5203?

CVE-2023-5203 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown WP Sessions Time Monitoring Full Automatic, published on 26 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP Sessions Time Monitoring Full Automatic WordPress plugin before 1.0.9 does not sanitize the request URL or query parameters before using them in an SQL query, allowing unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data from the database via blind time based SQL injection techniques, or in some cases an error/union based technique.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5203?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Swit Wp Sessions Time Monitoring Full Automatic.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5203?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5203 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5203 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5203 exists.

Public exploit code:

- WP Sessions Time Monitoring Full Automatic <= 1.0.8 - SQL Injection (nuclei): http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-5203.yaml

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5203 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5203 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown WP Sessions Time Monitoring Full Automatic, published on 26 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-5203 exists.

Affected product: Unknown WP Sessions Time Monitoring Full Automatic. 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-2023-5203/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5203/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5203
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5203
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5203

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5203/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.