Administrator escalation via injectable reply identifier
Published Dec 17, 2025 · Updated Dec 17, 2025
SQL injection in Powerstone's affiliate-marketing software 5.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to read usernames and password hashes. The show=reply path incorporates the id parameter into a database query, and a crafted UNION SELECT reads columns from the users table. A normal administrator account is required; the published proof of concept reports that the resulting disclosure supports escalation to super administrator.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in Powerstone's affiliate-marketing software 5.0.1 allows remote authenticated users to read usernames and password hashes. The show=reply path incorporates the id parameter into a database query, and a crafted UNION SELECT reads columns from the users table. A normal administrator account is required; the published proof of concept reports that the resulting disclosure supports escalation to super administrator.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-53917
- Published
- Dec 17, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 17, 2025
- Vendor
- Powerstone
- Product
- Affiliate Me
- Classifications
- CWE-89, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 17, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=5.0.1
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What is affected?
Attacks
What attackers are doing with it
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Affiliate Me Version 5.0.1 SQL Injectionproof of concept · demonstrated
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