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Public proof of concept

CVE-2023-38891

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-09-14
  • WeaknessCWE-89

Am I affected?

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Description

SQL injection vulnerability in Vtiger CRM v.7.5.0 allows a remote authenticated attacker to escalate privileges via the getQueryColumnsList function in ReportRun.php.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-09-1423:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2026-10-2319:23First public proof of conceptPoC-in-GitHub

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-38891?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-38891?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Vtiger vtiger crm
BranchAffectedFixed in
7.5= 7.5.0no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-10-23 19:23 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
1 repository, unverifiedjselliott/CVE-2023-38891
PoC-in-GitHub

Sources

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-09-14
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-38891?

SQL injection vulnerability in Vtiger CRM v.7.5.0 allows a remote authenticated attacker to escalate privileges via the getQueryColumnsList function in ReportRun.php.

Is CVE-2023-38891 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-38891, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-38891?

CVE-2023-38891 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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