CVE-2023-1941
📋 TL;DR
This critical SQL injection vulnerability in Simple and Beautiful Shopping Cart System 1.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands through the login.php username/password parameters. Attackers can potentially bypass authentication, steal sensitive data, or take control of the database. Any organization using this specific shopping cart system version is affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- SourceCodester Simple and Beautiful Shopping Cart System
📦 What is this software?
Simple And Beautiful Shopping Cart System by Simple And Beautiful Shopping Cart System Project
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⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete database compromise including sensitive customer data theft, authentication bypass leading to admin access, and potential remote code execution through database functions.
Likely Case
Authentication bypass allowing unauthorized access to the shopping cart system, data exfiltration of user credentials and order information.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper input validation and parameterized queries preventing SQL injection.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit details are publicly available in GitHub repositories. SQL injection through login forms is well-understood and easily weaponized.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Unknown
Vendor Advisory: Not available
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
No official patch available. Consider migrating to alternative shopping cart software or implementing custom fixes with parameterized queries.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Implement Input Validation and Parameterized Queries
allModify login.php to use prepared statements with parameterized queries instead of concatenating user input into SQL statements.
Edit login.php to replace raw SQL queries with PDO or mysqli prepared statements
Web Application Firewall (WAF) Rules
allDeploy WAF rules to block SQL injection patterns targeting the login endpoint.
Configure WAF to block SQL injection patterns like UNION SELECT, OR 1=1, --, #, ;, etc.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Isolate the shopping cart system in a separate network segment with strict access controls
- Implement rate limiting and monitoring on the login.php endpoint to detect brute force or injection attempts
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Test login.php with SQL injection payloads like ' OR '1'='1 in username/password fields and observe if authentication bypass occurs or SQL errors are returned.Check Version:
Check the software version in the admin panel or by examining the source code files for version identifiers.Verify Fix Applied:
After implementing parameterized queries, test with the same SQL injection payloads to confirm they no longer bypass authentication or cause SQL errors.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual SQL error messages in web server logs
- Multiple failed login attempts with SQL-like patterns
- Successful logins from unusual IP addresses
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST requests to login.php containing SQL keywords like UNION, SELECT, OR, --
- Abnormal traffic patterns to the login endpoint
SIEM Query:
source="web_server_logs" AND uri="/login.php" AND (message="sql" OR message="syntax" OR message="union" OR message="select")🔗 References
- https://github.com/anchnet-security/Mkshope/blob/main/simple%20and%20beautiful%20shopping%20cart%20system%20login.php%20has%20Sqlinjection.pdf
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.225317
- https://vuldb.com/?id.225317
- https://github.com/anchnet-security/Mkshope/blob/main/simple%20and%20beautiful%20shopping%20cart%20system%20login.php%20has%20Sqlinjection.pdf
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.225317
- https://vuldb.com/?id.225317
