Vulnerability · Published Apr 14, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2023-2039novel-plus sql injection

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity SQL injection in novel-plus. 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)6.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.8%top 43.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was found in novel-plus 3.6.2. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /author/list?limit=10&offset=0&order=desc. The manipulation of the argument sort leads to sql injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-225917 was assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	novel-plus	3.6.2

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

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.225917 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.225917 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/yece688/yece/blob/main/Novel-Plus%20Code%20audit2.0.pdf exploit