SQL injection in PostgreSQL - CVE-2018-10915
Published: August 11, 2018 / Updated: August 13, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14326
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10915
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: PostgreSQL Global Development Group
Affected software:
PostgreSQL
PostgreSQL
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request to vulnerable script and execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to gain administrative access to vulnerable web application.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10915
The vulnerability has been fixed in the versions 10.5, 9.6.10, 9.5.14, 9.4.19, and 9.3.24.