PgHero up to 3.0.x EXPLAIN information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in PgHero up to 3.0.x. Impacted is an unknown function of the component EXPLAIN Handler. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-22626. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in PgHero up to 3.0.x. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component EXPLAIN Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

PgHero before 3.1.0 allows Information Disclosure via EXPLAIN because query results may be present in an error message. (Depending on database user privileges, this may only be information from the database, or may be information from file contents on the database server.)

The weakness was published 01/05/2023 as 439. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-22626 since 01/05/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 3.1.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-0557). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.4

VulDB Base Score: 3.5
VulDB Temp Score: 3.4
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NVD Base Score: 7.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: PgHero 3.1.0

Timelineinfo

01/05/2023 🔍
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01/05/2023 +0 days 🔍
07/05/2025 +912 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 439
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-22626 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-22626
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-217475
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/05/2023 13:43
Updated: 07/05/2025 13:44
Changes: 01/05/2023 13:43 (40), 01/28/2023 17:48 (11), 04/07/2025 21:52 (16), 07/05/2025 13:44 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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