# CVE-2023-53917: Affiliate Me 5.0.1 SQL Injection Vulnerability via Admin Panel

> Authenticated administrators can exploit SQL injection in the admin panel to extract sensitive user data, including password hashes.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 7 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5xff-7qr4-vvgv

## What is CVE-2023-53917?

CVE-2023-53917 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in powerstonegh Affiliate Me, published on 17 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Affiliate Me version 5.0.1 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the admin.php endpoint that allows authenticated administrators to manipulate database queries. Attackers can exploit the 'id' parameter with crafted union-based queries to extract sensitive user information including usernames and password hashes.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-53917?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Powerstonegh Affiliate Me.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-53917?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-53917 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-53917 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-53917 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-53917 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-53917 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in powerstonegh Affiliate Me, published on 17 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2023-53917 exists.

Affected product: powerstonegh Affiliate Me. 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-2023-53917/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53917/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53917
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53917
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-53917

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-53917/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.