CVE-2023-33945 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2023-33945

SQL injection vulnerability in the upgrade process for SQL Server...

Vulnerability Description

SQL injection vulnerability in the upgrade process for SQL Server in Liferay Portal 7.3.1 through 7.4.3.17, and Liferay DXP 7.3 before update 6, and 7.4 before update 18 allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the name of a database table's primary key index. This vulnerability is only exploitable when chained with other attacks. To exploit this vulnerability, the attacker must modify the database and wait for the application to be upgraded.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Portal, DXP
Vulnerable Versions:
7.3.1, 7.3.10, 7.4.13

Timeline

Official Publish: May 24th, 2023
Last Modified: October 22nd, 2024
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-89

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1059 Command and Scripting Interpreter
Execution
T1213.006 Databases
Collection
T1485 Data Destruction
Impact