9.8Critical

CVE-2023-54399

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.

What this means for your business

  • An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, without a login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.

What to do

  1. 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
  2. 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.

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Scoring

CVSS
9.8 (v3.1)
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4
9.3
Weakness
CWE-89
Assigned by
disclosure@vulncheck.com

Dates

Published
2026-09-18
Last modified
2026-09-18
Sources
NVD

References