Vulnerability · Published Jan 2, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2021-4298Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame Sipity search_criteria_for_works_parameter.rb SearchCriteriaForWorksParameter sql injection

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity SQL injection in Sipity from Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 55% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 45.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame Sipity. This affects the function SearchCriteriaForWorksParameter of the file app/parameters/sipity/parameters/search_criteria_for_works_parameter.rb. The manipulation leads to sql injection. Upgrading to version 2021.8 is able to address this issue. The patch is named d1704c7363b899ffce65be03a796a0ee5fdbfbdc. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217179.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame	Sipity	n/a

Weakness: CWE-89 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.217179 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217179 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/ndlib/sipity/commit/d1704c7363b899ffce65be03a796a0ee5fdbfbdc patch
https://github.com/ndlib/sipity/releases/tag/v2021.8 patch