CVE-2023-40749
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 · uneditedPHPJabbers Food Delivery Script v3.0 is vulnerable to SQL Injection in the "column" parameter of index.php.
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 confidencePHPJabbers Food Delivery Script v3.0 contains a SQL Injection vulnerability in the 'column' parameter of index.php. An unauthenticated attacker can inject malicious SQL queries through this parameter to manipulate database queries, potentially extracting sensitive data, modifying records, or compromising the underlying system.
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= 3.0CVSS 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 PHPJabbers Food Delivery Script installationLocate the application web root directory. Look for files with 'food-delivery' or 'pj' branding, or check web server document roots for PHPJabbers installations.Affected if The PHPJabbers Food Delivery Script application is present on the system.
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Confirm installed version is 3.0Examine version information in the application. Check any version file, about page, or admin dashboard for the exact version number.Affected if The installed version is exactly 3.0, matching the affected version range.
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Verify index.php is accessibleLocate index.php in the web-accessible directory structure. Confirm the file exists and is reachable via HTTP/HTTPS requests.Affected if index.php is present and web-accessible.
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Check if user-supplied 'column' parameter is processedReview index.php source code or application behavior to confirm the 'column' parameter is accepted and used in database queries without proper sanitization.Affected if The 'column' parameter is accepted as user input and used in database operations without prepared statements.
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Determine if application is network-exposedVerify the application is accessible over the network (not localhost-only orfirewalled). An unauthenticated attacker requires network access to exploit this vulnerability.Affected if The application is externally accessible without authentication.
You are affected if PHPJabbers Food Delivery Script v3.0 is installed, index.php is web-accessible, and the application accepts user input through the 'column' parameter in database queries.
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 prepared statements/parameterized queries for all database interactions involving user-supplied input, particularly the 'column' parameter. Additionally, apply input validation and output encoding as defense-in-depth measures.
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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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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-40749 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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