CVE-2023-1468
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 classified as critical was found in SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System 1.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file admin/?page=reports&date_from=2023-02-17&date_to=2023-03-17 of the component Report Handler. The manipulation of the argument date_from/date_to leads to sql injection. The attack can be launched remotely. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-223327.
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 · high confidenceA SQL injection vulnerability exists in the Report Handler component of SourceCodester Student Study Center Desk Management System 1.0. The date_from and date_to parameters in the admin reports page are not properly sanitized, allowing attackers to inject malicious SQL queries through these arguments. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable and carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating critical severity.
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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
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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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Identify if Student Study Center Desk Management System is installedSearch for files or directories containing 'student study center' or check web server directories for this application. Look for login pages or admin panels associated with this system.Affected if The application is installed and accessible on the server
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Check the installed versionLocate version information in source files, configuration files, or the application's about/readme pages. Common locations include version.php, readme.txt, or the footer of the login/admin pages.Affected if The version is exactly 1.0
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Verify the admin reports page is accessibleAccess the admin reports endpoint - typically found at /admin/reports or similar paths containing 'reports' in the URL structure. Check if the page loads with date_from and date_to parameter inputs.Affected if The admin reports page exists and accepts date_from/date_to parameters without proper sanitization
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Test for SQL injection on date parametersSubmit a test payload in the date_from or date_to field such as a single quote (') or boolean-based test like ' OR '1'='1 to observe database error responses or unexpected behavior.Affected if The application returns SQL syntax errors or executes injected queries
If the Student Study Center Desk Management System version 1.0 is running with accessible admin reports functionality using date_from/date_to parameters, the environment is likely affected by CVE-2023-1468.
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 dataImplement parameterized queries or prepared statements for all database operations involving the date_from and date_to parameters. Additionally, apply input validation and escaping for user-supplied data before using it in SQL queries.
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