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CVE-2023-4309 Detail

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Current Description

Election Services Co. (ESC) Internet Election Service is vulnerable to SQL injection in multiple pages and parameters. These vulnerabilities allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to read or modify data for any elections that share the same backend database. ESC deactivated older and unused elections and enabled web application firewall (WAF) protection for current and future elections on or around 2023-08-12.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://schemasecurity.co/private-elections.pdf CVE, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government
https://www.electionservicesco.com/pages/services_internet.php CVE, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeG1xZkHc64 CVE, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST   Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2023-4309
NVD Published Date:
10/10/2023
NVD Last Modified:
06/17/2026
Source:
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) U.S. Civilian Government