# CVE-2021-4298: Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame Sipity search\_criteria\_for\_works\_parameter.rb SearchCriteriaForWorksParameter sql injection

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2023-01-02 · Updated: 2024-11-25

## Affected

- Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame Sipity: version range not reported

## Description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame Sipity. This affects the function SearchCriteriaForWorksParameter of the file app/parameters/sipity/parameters/search_criteria_for_works_parameter.rb. The manipulation leads to sql injection. Upgrading to version 2021.8 is able to address this issue. The patch is named d1704c7363b899ffce65be03a796a0ee5fdbfbdc. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217179.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame Sipity, apply the referenced fix per the references below.
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## References

- https://vuldb.com/?id.217179
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217179
- https://github.com/ndlib/sipity/commit/d1704c7363b899ffce65be03a796a0ee5fdbfbdc
- https://github.com/ndlib/sipity/releases/tag/v2021.8

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