# CVE-2022-51023: CVE-2022-51023

Status: published. Published: 2026-10-22. Updated: 2026-11-10.

PHPOK 4.5.000 before 5.4.081 contains an SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate ORDER BY clauses via the sort parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to /api.php?c=project&f=index with extractvalue payloads in sort to extract database information through error messages. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-14.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

Not reported in collected sources.

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 4.0: 8.8 (high); CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X; source: NVD: disclosure@vulncheck.com

- CVSS 3.1: 8.2 (high); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N; source: NVD: disclosure@vulncheck.com

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable yes; technical impact partial; source NVD SSVC: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- Weaknesses: CWE-89

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/other/phpok-sqli.yaml (disclosure@vulncheck.com)

- https://github.com/qinggan/phpok/commit/d70c396f (disclosure@vulncheck.com)

- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/phpok-5.4.081-sql-injection-via-api-php-sort-parameter (disclosure@vulncheck.com)

## Provenance

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-51023; retrieved 2026-11-10; source updated 2026-11-10

Revision: 02ba5313b53ea4cc5bb5ead4af1fed932b1bb3df5ba98d7503bfabcfacb29cc6

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2022-51023

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