CVE-2023-54399
CRITICALCVE-2023-54399 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) SQL Injection vulnerability. No vendor fix is recorded yet; mitigation options are listed below.
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…
Description
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.
Detection & mitigation playbook
VulnerabilityDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for the affected component, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Remediation status
No patched version of the affected component has shipped for CVE-2023-54399 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Mitigate without a patch
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2023-54399 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2023-54399. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2023-54399 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2023-54399 across dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.