Vulnerability · Published Sep 22, 2023 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2023-43640TaxonWorks SQL injection vulnerability

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity SQL injection in taxonworks from SpeciesFileGroup. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

TaxonWorks is a web-based workbench designed for taxonomists and biodiversity scientists. Prior to version 0.34.0, a SQL injection vulnerability was found in TaxonWorks that allows authenticated attackers to extract arbitrary data from the TaxonWorks database (including the users table). This issue may lead to information disclosure. Version 0.34.0 contains a fix for the issue.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
SpeciesFileGroup	taxonworks	< 0.34.0

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

References

https://github.com/SpeciesFileGroup/taxonworks/security/advisories/GHSA-m9p2-jxr6-4p6c x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/SpeciesFileGroup/taxonworks/commit/a98f2dc610a541678e1e51af47659cd8b30179ae x_refsource_MISC