SQL injection in Django



Published: 2020-02-03
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2020-7471
CWE-ID CWE-89
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available.
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Vendor Django Software Foundation

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) SQL injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU24846

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.1 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-7471

CWE-ID: CWE-89 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries in database.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data if untrusted data is used as a StringAgg delimiter (e.g., in Django applications that offer downloads of data as a series of rows with a user-specified column delimiter). By passing a suitably crafted delimiter to a contrib.postgres.aggregates.StringAgg instance, it was possible to break escaping and inject malicious SQL in Django 1.11 before 1.11.28, 2.2 before 2.2.10, and 3.0 before 3.0.3. 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.

Mitigation

Install update from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

Django: 1.11 - 3.0.2

External links

http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/releases/security/
http://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/django-announce/X45S86X5bZI
http://www.djangoproject.com/weblog/2020/feb/03/security-releases/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/03/1


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability. However, proof of concept for this vulnerability is available.



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