Database-name disclosure via injectable subject ID
Published May 15, 2023 · Updated Jan 23, 2025
SQL injection in SourceCodester Faculty Evaluation System 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to disclose database data via a crafted subject ID. The manage_subject.php handler evaluates the id parameter as SQL syntax; the published request appends an UPDATEXML subquery that exposes the active database name in an error. An administrative session is required, and the published proof of concept demonstrates database-name disclosure rather than broader data modification.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in SourceCodester Faculty Evaluation System 1.0 allows remote authenticated users to disclose database data via a crafted subject ID. The manage_subject.php handler evaluates the id parameter as SQL syntax; the published request appends an UPDATEXML subquery that exposes the active database name in an error. An administrative session is required, and the published proof of concept demonstrates database-name disclosure rather than broader data modification.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-31844
- Published
- May 15, 2023
- Updated
- Jan 23, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-89
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 15, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Public exploit references
- SQLi-3 error-based SQL injection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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