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CVE-2025-5878

ESAPI esapi-java-legacy SQL Injection Defense Encoder.encodeForSQL special element

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Not listed in CISA KEV
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Fix or patch referenced
1 proof of concept on GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

A vulnerability was found in ESAPI esapi-java-legacy and classified as problematic. This issue affects the interface Encoder.encodeForSQL of the SQL Injection Defense. An attack leads to an improper neutralization of special elements. The attack may be initiated remotely and an exploit has been disclosed to the public. The project was contacted early about this issue and handled it with an exceptional level of professionalism. Upgrading to version 2.7.0.0 is able to address this issue. Commit ID f75ac2c2647a81d2cfbdc9c899f8719c240ed512 is disabling the feature by default and any attempt to use it will trigger a warning. And commit ID e2322914304d9b1c52523ff24be495b7832f6a56 is updating the misleading Java class documentation to warn about the risks.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • ESAPI esapi-java-legacy

    2.0-rc10, 2.0-rc11, 2.0.1, 2.0GA1, 2.1.0, 2.1.0.1, 2.2.0.0, 2.2.0.0-RC1, 2.2.0.0-RC2, 2.2.0.0-RC3, 2.2.1.0, 2.2.1.0-RC1, 2.2.1.1, 2.2.2.0, 2.2.3.0, 2.2.3.1, 2.3.0.0, 2.4.0.0, 2.5.0.0, 2.5.1.0, 2.5.2.0, 2.5.3.0, 2.5.3.1, 2.5.4.0, 2.5.5.0, 2.6.0.0, 2.6.1.0, 2.6.2.0

References 10

vuldb.com

GitHub · uglory-gll/javasec

GitHub · ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy

GitHub · fantasy-fql/ESAPI-SQLinjection-CVE-2025-5878-Exploit