TaxonWorks SQL injection vulnerability

published 2023-09-22 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-48040

cvss: 6.5; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits: 0; none known

TaxonWorks is a web-based workbench designed for taxonomists and biodiversity scientists. Prior to version 0.34.0, a SQL injection vulnerability was found in TaxonWorks that allows authenticated attackers to extract arbitrary data from the TaxonWorks database (including the users table). This issue may lead to information disclosure. Version 0.34.0 contains a fix for the issue.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

speciesfilegroup taxonworks 0.34.0

github.com/SpeciesFileGroup/taxonworks@a98f2dc commit

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-24)

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

SpeciesFileGroup taxonworks

Classification

Weakness

CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-43640
NVD CVE-2023-43640

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Summary