SQL Injection in GeoTools OGC Filters fixed in 27.4/28.2
CVE-2023-25158 Published on February 21, 2023
Unfiltered SQL Injection in Geotools
GeoTools is an open source Java library that provides tools for geospatial data. GeoTools includes support for OGC Filter expression language parsing, encoding and execution against a range of datastore. SQL Injection Vulnerabilities have been found when executing OGC Filters with JDBCDataStore implementations. Users are advised to upgrade to either version 27.4 or to 28.2 to resolve this issue. Users unable to upgrade may disable `encode functions` for PostGIS DataStores or enable `prepared statements` for JDBCDataStores as a partial mitigation.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-25158 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
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-2023-25158 has been classified to as a SQL Injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-25158
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Affected Versions
geotools:- Version >= 28.0, < 28.2 is affected.
- Version < 27.4 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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