Vulnerability · Published Apr 9, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-1962SourceCodester Best Online News Portal POST Parameter forgot-password.php sql injection

High 7.3

In plain English

A high-severity SQL injection in Best Online News Portal from SourceCodester. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.8% (higher than 57% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.3High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 42.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SourceCodester Best Online News Portal 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/forgot-password.php of the component POST Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument username leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-225361 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
SourceCodester	Best Online News Portal	1.0

Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.225361 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.225361 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/PEOIzEve/bug_report/blob/main/SQLi-1.md exploit