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geopython/pycsw · Security

SQL Injection in pycsw

GHSA ID
GHSA-hg4c-rgvm-964g
CVE ID
CVE-2016-8640
Severity
critical
Published
Updated
CVSS
9.1 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v3
9.1 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4
9.3 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

A SQL injection vulnerability in pycsw all versions before 2.0.2, 1.10.5 and 1.8.6 that leads to read and extract of any data from any table in the pycsw database that the database user has access to. Also on PostgreSQL (at least) it is possible to perform updates/inserts/deletes and database modifications to any table the database user has access to.

CWEs

  • CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

References