nhibernate core up to 5.4.8/5.5.1 ILiteralType.ObjectToSQLString sql injection

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in nhibernate core up to 5.4.8/5.5.1. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function ILiteralType.ObjectToSQLString. Performing a manipulation results in sql injection. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-39677. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in nhibernate core up to 5.4.8/5.5.1. This affects the function ILiteralType.ObjectToSQLString. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-89. The product 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NHibernate is an object-relational mapper for the .NET framework. A SQL injection vulnerability exists in some types implementing ILiteralType.ObjectToSQLString. Callers of these methods are exposed to the vulnerability, which includes mappings using inheritance with discriminator values; HQL queries referencing a static field of the application; users of the SqlInsertBuilder and SqlUpdateBuilder utilities, calling their AddColumn overload taking a literal value; and any direct use of the ObjectToSQLString methods for building SQL queries on the user side. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.4.9 and 5.5.2.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-39677 since 06/27/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1505 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 5.4.9 or 5.5.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch b4a69d1a5ff5744312478d70308329af496e4ba9 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• nhibernate

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• core

Version

• 5.4.0
• 5.4.1
• 5.4.2
• 5.4.3
• 5.4.4
• 5.4.5
• 5.4.6
• 5.4.7
• 5.4.8
• 5.5.0
• 5.5.1

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• open-source

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