CVE-2023-43640

medium

Description

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.

References

https://github.com/SpeciesFileGroup/taxonworks/security/advisories/GHSA-m9p2-jxr6-4p6c

https://github.com/SpeciesFileGroup/taxonworks/commit/a98f2dc610a541678e1e51af47659cd8b30179ae

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-09-22

Updated: 2023-09-25

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium