# CVE-2023-6579: osCommerce POST Parameter shopping-cart sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the shopping cart parameter to read or modify database contents in osCommerce.

- **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:** 7 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 13 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qwxv-28w8-65wx

## What is CVE-2023-6579?

CVE-2023-6579 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Oscommerce Oscommerce, published on 7 Dec 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in osCommerce 4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /b2b-supermarket/shopping-cart of the component POST Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument estimate[country_id] leads to sql injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-247160. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-6579?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Oscommerce Oscommerce.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-6579?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6579 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-6579 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6579 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Oscommerce Oscommerce

- [CVE-2020-23360](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-23360/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-27976](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27976/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-25495](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25495/): osCommerce 2.3.4.1 SQL Injection via reviews_id Parameter (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-25496](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25496/): osCommerce 2.3.4.1 SQL Injection via products_id Parameter (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-25497](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-25497/): osCommerce 2.3.4.1 SQL Injection via currency Parameter (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6579 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-6579 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Oscommerce Oscommerce, published on 7 Dec 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-2023-6579 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Oscommerce Oscommerce. 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-2023-6579/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6579/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-6579
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6579
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6579

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6579/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.