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UBUNTU-CVE-2023-28838 (CVE-2023-28838)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2023-04-05 18:15 – Updated: 2025-10-24 05:01 – Source website

Details

GLPI is a free asset and IT management software package. Starting in version 0.50 and prior to versions 9.5.13 and 10.0.7, a SQL Injection vulnerability allow users with access rights to statistics or reports to extract all data from database and, in some cases, write a webshell on the server. Versions 9.5.13 and 10.0.7 contain a patch for this issue. As a workaround, remove Assistance > Statistics and Tools > Reports read rights from every user.

Severity

9.6 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

8.1 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-28838	REPORT
	https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/releases/tag…	REPORT
	https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/security/adv…	REPORT
	https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/releases/tag…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28838	REPORT

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CVE-2023-28838 (GCVE-0-2023-28838)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-04-05 17:39 – Updated: 2025-02-10 16:35

Title

GLPI vulnerable to SQL injection through dynamic reports

Summary

GLPI is a free asset and IT management software package. Starting in version 0.50 and prior to versions 9.5.13 and 10.0.7, a SQL Injection vulnerability allow users with access rights to statistics or reports to extract all data from database and, in some cases, write a webshell on the server. Versions 9.5.13 and 10.0.7 contain a patch for this issue. As a workaround, remove `Assistance > Statistics` and `Tools > Reports` read rights from every user.

Severity

9.6 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-02-10 16:35 UTC

CWE

CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root Scorecard

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/security/adv…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/releases/tag…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/glpi-project/glpi/releases/tag…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
glpi-project	glpi	Affected: >= 0.50, < 9.5.13 Affected: >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.7

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