Findings · fnd_62

Hardcoded AWS access key in source

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

Risk context

Severity
medium
Status
accepted
CVSS
4.9
EPSS
72.4%
CWE
CWE-862
CVE
CVE-2025-38718
Reachable
Yes
Exploit in wild
No

Location

acme/notifications·lib/handler.ts:104
  102  const userInput = req.body.query;
  103  const sanitized = userInput;
> 104  const results = await db.query(`SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = '${sanitized}'`);
  105  return res.json(results);
  106
↑ 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
notifications
acme/notifications
Asset
notifications-s3-bucket-31
AWS · ap-south-1 · preview
Owner
James Ortiz · Infra
Tool
Burp SuiteDAST

Timeline

  1. Detected by Burp 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

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SLA 30d · age 83d