CVE-2023-1293
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedA vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Online Graduate Tracer System 1.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function mysqli_query of the file admin_cs.php. The manipulation leads to sql injection. The attack may be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-222647.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in the admin_cs.php file of SourceCodester Online Graduate Tracer System 1.0. The mysqli_query function improperly handles user-supplied input, allowing remote attackers to inject malicious SQL commands. The CVSS 8.1 score reflects high confidentiality and availability impact with no integrity loss.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the vulnerable fileSearch for admin_cs.php in the web root directory of the Online Graduate Tracer System installationAffected if The file admin_cs.php exists in the application directory
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Confirm application versionCheck the application version by inspecting any version file, about page, or header/comment in source filesAffected if The installed version is 1.0 (exact match)
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Inspect the SQL query in admin_cs.phpOpen admin_cs.php and search for mysqli_query calls that incorporate user-supplied input directly (e.g., from $_GET, $_POST, or $_REQUEST) without using prepared statements or escapingAffected if The file contains mysqli_query calls that directly embed request parameters without parameterization
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Identify exposed attack surfaceDetermine if the vulnerable endpoint is accessible without authentication or with low-privilege admin accessAffected if The admin_cs.php endpoint is reachable from the network without requiring elevated privileges beyond standard admin authentication
The environment is affected if the Online Graduate Tracer System version 1.0 is installed and admin_cs.php contains unsanitized mysqli_query calls using direct user input from request parameters.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReplace direct mysqli_query calls with parameterized queries (prepared statements) and implement proper input validation. Conduct a full code audit to identify and remediate other potential SQL injection points in the application.
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