hibernate hibernate-orm CVE-2020-25638 vulnerability in Hibernate and Other Products
Published on December 2, 2020

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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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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2020-25638 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
HIGH
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
NONE

Weakness Type

What is a SQL Injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component.

CVE-2020-25638 has been classified to as a SQL Injection vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2020-25638

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Hibernate Orm
 
Debian Linux
 
Quarkus
 
Oracle Retail Customer Management Segmentation Foundation
 
Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Console
 

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.52%
Percentile
66.35%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.