CVE-2023-26568
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 · uneditedUnauthenticated SQL injection in the GetStudentGroupStudents method in IDAttend’s IDWeb application 3.1.052 and earlier allows extraction or modification of all data by unauthenticated attackers.
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 confidenceUnauthenticated SQL injection in the GetStudentGroupStudents method of IDAttend IDWeb application versions 3.1.052 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries without any authentication, enabling complete data extraction or modification.
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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<= 3.1.052CVSS 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
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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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Determine IDAttend IDWeb versionLocate the installed version of IDAttend IDWeb by checking application headers, about page, or version file in the web root. Compare the version number to 3.1.052 - any version equal to or lower than 3.1.052 is in the affected range.Affected if Installed version is 3.1.052 or lower
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Identify GetStudentGroupStudents endpointScan the web application for endpoints that expose the GetStudentGroupStudents method, typically via HTTP GET or POST requests to the IDWeb application URL.Affected if The GetStudentGroupStudents method is accessible via the web interface
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Verify unauthenticated accessAttempt to access the GetStudentGroupStudents endpoint without providing any authentication credentials (session token, login cookie, or basic auth).Affected if The endpoint responds without requiring any authentication, indicating the flaw is exploitable without credentials
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Confirm SQL injection susceptibilitySend a test payload containing SQL syntax (such as a single quote ') to the GetStudentGroupStudents parameter and observe if the application returns a database error or exhibits unexpected behavior.Affected if The application returns SQL error messages or exhibits anomalous behavior indicating user input is being concatenated into SQL queries.
If the installed IDWeb version is 3.1.052 or earlier AND the GetStudentGroupStudents endpoint is exposed and accessible without authentication, the environment is affected by CVE-2023-26568.
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 dataUpgrade to a patched version of IDWeb and refactor the GetStudentGroupStudents method to use parameterized queries or prepared statements instead of concatenating user input into SQL strings.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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