Critical severity · published Apr 12, 2022
CVE-2022-28347
A SQL injection issue was discovered in QuerySet.explain() in Django 2.2 before 2.2.28, 3.2 before 3.2.13, and 4.0 before 4.0.4
9.8
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A SQL injection issue was discovered in QuerySet.explain() in Django 2.2 before 2.2.28, 3.2 before 3.2.13, and 4.0 before 4.0.4. This occurs by passing a crafted dictionary (with dictionary expansion) as the **options argument, and placing the injection payload in an option name.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
DJ
Django · Djangoproject
2.2 before 2.2.28; 3.2 before 3.2.13; 4.0 before 4.0.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28347
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-28347
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/04/11/1
Patch
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/releases/security/
groups.google.com
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/django-announce
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HWY6DQWRVBALV73BPUVBXC3QIYUM24IK/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LTZVAKU5ALQWOKFTPISE257VCVIYGFQI/
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5254
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