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CVE-2024-21511 (GCVE-0-2024-21511)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-23 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 22:20
VLAI
Summary
Versions of the package mysql2 before 3.9.7 are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection due to improper sanitization of the timezone parameter in the readCodeFor function by calling a native MySQL Server date/time function.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-04-25 14:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Arbitrary Code Injection
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a mysql2 Affected: 0 , < 3.9.7 (semver)
mysql2 mysql2 Affected: 0 , < 3.9.7 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:mysql2:mysql2:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Credits
zhaoyudi (Nebulalab)
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