SPIP up to 4.4.17 Sitemap Endpoint ecrire/req/mysql.php spip_mysql_cite annee sql injection

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A vulnerability has been found in SPIP up to 4.4.17 and classified as critical. The impacted element is the function spip_mysql_cite of the file ecrire/req/mysql.php of the component Sitemap Endpoint. This manipulation of the argument annee causes sql injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2026-72708. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability has been found in SPIP up to 4.4.17 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function spip_mysql_cite of the file ecrire/req/mysql.php of the component Sitemap Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument annee with an unknown input leads to a sql injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SPIP before 4.4.18 contains an unauthenticated blind SQL injection vulnerability in the SQL escaping layer that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary SQL by supplying a crafted annee parameter value matching a word character followed by an open parenthesis, which bypasses escaping for date-type columns across MySQL, SQLite, and PostgreSQL backends. Attackers can exploit the always-present sitemap.xml.html template's annee criterion to embed unescaped time-based or boolean payloads into database queries, enabling extraction of arbitrary database content including the alea_ephemere secret used to sign SPIP action nonces.

It is possible to read the advisory at blog.lexfo.fr. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-72708 since 08/10/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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.

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Upgrading to version 4.4.18 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Content Management System

Name

• SPIP

Version

• 4.4.0
• 4.4.1
• 4.4.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.4.4
• 4.4.5
• 4.4.6
• 4.4.7
• 4.4.8
• 4.4.9
• 4.4.10
• 4.4.11
• 4.4.12
• 4.4.13
• 4.4.14
• 4.4.15
• 4.4.16
• 4.4.17

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• free

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