PT-2023-28894 · Unknown · Taxonworks

P- · Published 2023-09-22 · Updated 2024-02-09 · CVE-2023-43640

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions TaxonWorks versions prior to 0.34.0

Description A SQL injection issue was found in TaxonWorks, allowing authenticated attackers to extract arbitrary data from the database, including the users table, which may lead to information disclosure.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.34.0, update to version 0.34.0 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the database to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-43640

GHSA-M9P2-JXR6-4P6C

Affected Products

Taxonworks

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/43xxx/CVE-2023-43640.json · Exploit
• https://github.com/SpeciesFileGroup/taxonworks/commit/a98f2dc610a541678e1e51af47659cd8b30179ae · Patch
• https://github.com/SpeciesFileGroup/taxonworks/security/advisories/GHSA-m9p2-jxr6-4p6c · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-43640 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43640 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1705272880806674608 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/58511 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/GHSecurityLab/status/1756035741103050848 · Twitter Post