CVE-2018-1291 — Apache Fineract 1

Apache Fineract 1.0.0, 0.6.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, 0.4.0-incubating exposes different REST end points to query domain specific entities with a Query Parameter 'orderBy' which are appended directly with SQL statements. A hacker/user can inject/draft the 'ord

01What is this vulnerability?

Apache Fineract 1.0.0, 0.6.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, 0.4.0-incubating exposes different REST end points to query domain specific entities with a Query Parameter 'orderBy' which are appended directly with SQL statements. A hacker/user can inject/draft the 'orderBy' query parameter by way of the "order" param in such a way to read/update the data for which he doesn't have authorization.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache Fineract	1.0.0, 0.6.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, 0.4.0-incubating

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-04-20T18:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-09-16T19:20:16.288Z

09References

• lists.apache.org — https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1f7fadc93500b3fe14603b132b13c18fff3d0a35e50…
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104008