What is CVE-2023-53917?

CVE-2023-53917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Powerstonegh Affiliate Me, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2023-53917?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Powerstonegh Affiliate Me

CVE-2023-53917

Affiliate Me version 5.0.1 contains a SQL injection vulnerability in the admin.php endpoint that allows authenticated administrators to manipulate database queries. Attackers can exploit the 'id' parameter with crafted union-based queries to extract sensitive user information including usernames and password hashes.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.003 (24.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Powerstonegh Affiliate Me — versions 5.0.1
Powerstonegh Affiliate_me — versions 5.0.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Product, product)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53917?: CVE-2023-53917 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Powerstonegh Affiliate Me, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2025-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2023-53917?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.