CVE-2023-54399
CriticalCVSS 9.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk36th percentile - higher than 36% of all known CVEs
Summary
Hongjing e-HR before 8.2 has a SQL injection vulnerability in the /servlet/codesettree endpoint where the categories parameter is passed without sanitization. An unauthenticated remote attacker can use UNION SELECT to read arbitrary database content, including credential tables.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can access sensitive data, including user credentials, potentially leading to compromise of the entire HR system.
Recommendation
Upgrade Hongjing e-HR to version 8.2 or later. Additionally, apply input filtering and use parameterized queries.
Other vulnerabilities in Hongjing e-HR
Original NVD description (English source)
Hongjing e-HR before 8.2 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the /servlet/codesettree endpoint where the categories query parameter is passed to a database query without sanitization after HRMS-encoding is stripped. An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply a crafted UNION SELECT payload to read arbitrary database content, including credential tables such as operuser. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-14.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

