SQL injection in IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog in Cloud Pak for Data - CVE-2022-41731
Published: September 27, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU81225
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-41731
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the affected application and execute arbitrary SQL commands within the application database.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to read, delete, modify data in database and gain complete control over the affected application.
Affected software
IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog in Cloud Pak for Data
How to mitigate CVE-2022-41731
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog in Cloud Pak for Data - update to 4.6.0