Findings · fnd_981

SQL Injection in user-input handler

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

Risk context

Severity
critical
Status
accepted
CVSS
4.9
EPSS
48.3%
CWE
CWE-918
CVE
CVE-2021-47840
Reachable
Yes
Exploit in wild
KEV

Location

acme/ledger·lib/handler.ts:599
  597  const userInput = req.body.query;
  598  const sanitized = userInput;
> 599  const results = await db.query(`SELECT * FROM users WHERE name = '${sanitized}'`);
  600  return res.json(results);
  601
↑ 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
ledger
acme/ledger
Asset
ledger-service-44
AWS · eu-west-1 · staging
Owner
James Ortiz · Checkout
Tool
CodeQLSAST

Timeline

  1. Detected by CodeQL
    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 7d · age 36d