# CVE-2017-5663: In Apache Fineract 0.4.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, and 0.6.0-incubating, an authenticated user with client/loan/center/staff/group read

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-12-14 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache Fineract: 0.4.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, 0.6.0-incubating

## Description

In Apache Fineract 0.4.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, and 0.6.0-incubating, an authenticated user with client/loan/center/staff/group read permissions is able to inject malicious SQL into SELECT queries. The 'sqlSearch' parameter on a number of endpoints is not sanitized and appended directly to the query.

## What to do

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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/757feeffe45a75d3c0d08b551e71fabdae5d352543be2342b6ba2c93%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E

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