# CVE-2025-21628: Chatwoot has a Blind SQL-injection in Conversation and Contacts filters

- Severity: CVSS 9.1 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.16.0
- Published: 2025-01-09 · Updated: 2025-01-09

## Affected

- chatwoot: from 2.16.1, fixed in 3.16.0

## Description

Chatwoot is a customer engagement suite. Prior to 3.16.0, conversation and contact filters endpoints did not sanitize the input of query_operator passed from the frontend or the API. This provided any actor who is authenticated, an attack vector to run arbitrary SQL within the filter query by adding a tautological WHERE clause. This issue is patched with v3.16.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on chatwoot, upgrade to a fixed version (3.16.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/security/advisories/GHSA-g8f9-hh83-rcq9
- https://github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/commit/b34dac7bbe3c910186083b680e51aad5ea60b44b

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