# CVE-2017-11467: OrientDB through 2.2.22 does not enforce privilege requirements during "where" or "fetchplan" or "order by" use, which allows remote attacke

- Also known as: GHSA-XM6R-4466-MR74
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Fixed in: 2.2.23
- Published: 2017-07-20 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- com.orientechnologies:orientdb-core (Maven): fixed in 2.2.23

## Description

OrientDB through 2.2.22 does not enforce privilege requirements during "where" or "fetchplan" or "order by" use, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via a crafted request.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, com.orientechnologies:orientdb-core, upgrade to a fixed version (2.2.23) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- http://www.heavensec.org/?p=1703
- https://github.com/orientechnologies/orientdb/wiki/OrientDB-2.2-Release-Notes#2223---july-11-2017
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44068
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/orientdb_exec.rb

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