Findings · fnd_453

Cross-site Scripting in profile renderer

Tool detected a potential vulnerability via static/dynamic analysis. Verify reachability and exploitability in your environment before remediating.

Risk context

Severity
high
Status
accepted
CVSS
7.4
EPSS
76.4%
CWE
CWE-287
CVE
—
Reachable
No
Exploit in wild
KEV

Location

acme/search-api·src/api/db.rb:392
  390  const userInput = req.body.query;
  391  const sanitized = userInput;
> 392  const results = await db.query(`SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = '${sanitized}'`);
  393  return res.json(results);
  394
↑ Unsafe string interpolation into SQL query

Remediation

Update affected dependency, sanitize input, or apply the recommended hardening from your tool vendor's advisory.

Suggested fix
const results = await db.query(
  'SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = $1',
  [sanitized]
);

Asset & application

Application
search-api
acme/search-api
Asset
search-api-lambda-57
AWS · eu-central-1 · qa
Owner
Marcus Wei · Identity
Tool
Scout SuiteCSPM

Timeline

  1. Detected by Scout Suite
    over 56 years ago
  2. Re-confirmed in latest scan
    over 56 years ago
  3. Auto-correlated with 2 peer findings
    2 days ago
  4. Priority raised — KEV match
    1 day ago

Remediation ticket

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SLA 14d · age 125d