# CVE-2023-5804: PHPGurukul Nipah Virus Testing Management System login.php sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the login form to access or modify database information.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3pm6-mjgp-f4mr

## What is CVE-2023-5804?

CVE-2023-5804 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Nipah Virus Testing Management System, published on 26 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in PHPGurukul Nipah Virus Testing Management System 1.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file login.php. The manipulation of the argument username leads to sql injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The identifier VDB-243617 was assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5804?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Phpgurukul Nipah Virus Testing Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5804?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5804 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5804 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5804 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in PHPGurukul Nipah Virus Testing Management System

- [CVE-2023-46584](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-46584/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-6157](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-6157/): PHPGurukul Nipah Virus Testing Management System registered-user-testing.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-4306](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4306/): PHPGurukul Nipah Virus Testing Management System edit-phlebotomist.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-4026](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4026/): PHPGurukul Nipah Virus Testing Management System profile.php sql injection (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-4033](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4033/): PHPGurukul Nipah Virus Testing Management System patient-search-report.php sql injection (medium 6.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5804 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5804 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in PHPGurukul Nipah Virus Testing Management System, published on 26 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5804 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: PHPGurukul Nipah Virus Testing Management System. 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-2023-5804/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5804/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5804
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5804
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5804

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.