CVE-2020-25638

Published: Dec 2, 2020Updated: Apr 23, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-89

7.4HIGH

NVD MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in hibernate-core in versions prior to and including 5.4.23.Final. A SQL injection in the implementation of the JPA Criteria API can permit unsanitized literals when a literal is used in the SQL comments of the query. This flaw could allow an attacker to access unauthorized information or possibly conduct further attacks. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

Exploitability

AV:NAttack Vector

Network

AC:HAttack Complexity

High

PR:NPrivileges Required

None

UI:NUser Interaction

None

Scope

S:UScope

Unchanged

Impact

C:HConfidentiality

High

I:HIntegrity

High

A:NAvailability

None

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Weaknesses

CWE-89

Affected Products

oracle

commercial·USaka oracle corp.

communications cloud native core consoleOn-premDatabase

Databases / data-warehouse-analytics

retail customer management and segmentation foundationOn-premWeb App

Enterprise Software / crm

Hibernate

oss-projectaka hibernate orm, hibernate validator

Hibernate ORMLibrary

OSS Libraries / generic-library

debian

oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux

debian linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

quarkus

oss-projectaka quarkus.io

quarkusLibrary

OSS Libraries / web-framework

Maven

package-ecosystem

org.hibernate:hibernate-core

OSS Libraries

Сообщество свободного программного обеспечения

oss-projectaka fsf

Debian GNU/LinuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

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Exploitability

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References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1881353

bugzilla.redhat.com

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r833c1276e41334fa675848a08daf0c61f39009f9f9a400d9f7006d44%40%3Cdev.turbine.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf2378209c676a28b71f9b604a3b3517c448540b85367160e558ef9df%40%3Ccommits.turbine.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org

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