Lms King LiteApplication · King Products
CVE-2023-40629
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 · uneditedSQLi vulnerability in LMS Lite component for Joomla.
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 · low confidenceSQL injection vulnerability in the LMS Lite component for Joomla allows remote unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious SQL queries via unsanitized user input, potentially leading to full database compromise.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
Lms King LiteApplication
>= 1.0.0, <= 3.3.01CVSS 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 LMS Lite component is installedCheck your Joomla installation for the King Products LMS Lite component. This is typically listed in the Joomla administrator panel under Components, or can be verified by examining the /components/com_lmslite/ directory if it exists on the server.Affected if The LMS Lite component by King Products is present in the Joomla installation
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Determine installed version of LMS LiteLocate the version information for the LMS Lite component. This is usually found in the component's manifest file (often XML), in the administrator panel under the component's About section, or within a version.php file in the component directory.Affected if The installed version is greater than or equal to 1.0.0 AND less than or equal to 3.3.01
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Verify component is enabled and accessibleConfirm that the LMS Lite component is published and accessible on the frontend of the Joomla site. Check the component's status in the Joomla administrator panel under Components > LMS Lite, and attempt to access the component via its URL path (typically /index.php?option=com_lmslite).Affected if The component is enabled and publicly accessible without authentication
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Confirm database user privilegesReview the database configuration for the Joomla installation to determine the privileges assigned to the database user used by the web application. This is typically found in the configuration.php file under the $dbuser variable.Affected if The database user has privileges beyond what is strictly required (such as DROP, CREATE, or elevated permissions)
Your environment is affected if the King Products LMS Lite component versions 1.0.0 through 3.3.01 are installed, enabled, and accessible on your Joomla site, as this creates the condition for unauthenticated SQL injection via unsanitized input.
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 (prepared statements) for all database interactions and apply any available vendor patches for the LMS Lite component immediately.
Fix this in Lms King Lite
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation4.0 h
- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-40629 in production — separate from our analysis above.
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.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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