6.5 - CVE-2023-43640

Executive Summary

This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.

Informations
Name	CVE-2023-43640	First vendor Publication	2023-09-22
Vendor	Cve	Last vendor Modification	2023-09-25

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Overall CVSS Score	6.5
Base Score	6.5	Environmental Score	6.5
impact SubScore	3.6	Temporal Score	6.5
Exploitabality Sub Score	2.8

Attack Vector	Network	Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	Low	User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	None	Availability Impact	None
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector :
Cvss Base Score	N/A	Attack Range	N/A
Cvss Impact Score	N/A	Attack Complexity	N/A
Cvss Expoit Score	N/A	Authentication	N/A
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Detail

TaxonWorks is a web-based workbench designed for taxonomists and biodiversity scientists. Prior to version 0.34.0, a SQL injection vulnerability was found in TaxonWorks that allows authenticated attackers to extract arbitrary data from the TaxonWorks database (including the users table). This issue may lead to information disclosure. Version 0.34.0 contains a fix for the issue.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-43640

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-89	Improper Sanitization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') (CWE/SANS Top 25)

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Speciesfilegroup Taxonworks cpe:2.3:a:speciesfilegroup:taxonworks::::::::	1

Sources (Detail)

Source	Url
MISC	https://github.com/SpeciesFileGroup/taxonworks/commit/a98f2dc610a541678e1e51a... https://github.com/SpeciesFileGroup/taxonworks/security/advisories/GHSA-m9p2-...