CVE-2025-5878

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5878
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-5878.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2025-5878
Downstream
Published
2025-06-29T12:15:23Z
Modified
2025-11-05T11:11:21.691218Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/esapi/esapi-java-legacy

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/esapi/esapi-java-legacy
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
0fa4c0f1311aa525b1a776f0a789fb1dc8a04b41
Fixed
e2322914304d9b1c52523ff24be495b7832f6a56
Fixed
f75ac2c2647a81d2cfbdc9c899f8719c240ed512

Affected versions

esapi-2.*

esapi-2.1.0.1
esapi-2.2.0.0
esapi-2.2.0.0-RC1
esapi-2.2.0.0-RC2
esapi-2.2.0.0-RC3
esapi-2.2.1.0
esapi-2.2.1.0-RC1
esapi-2.2.1.1
esapi-2.2.2.0
esapi-2.2.3.0
esapi-2.2.3.1
esapi-2.3.0.0
esapi-2.4.0.0
esapi-2.5.0.0
esapi-2.5.1.0
esapi-2.5.2.0
esapi-2.5.3.0
esapi-2.5.3.1
esapi-2.5.4.0
esapi-2.5.5.0
esapi-2.6.0.0
esapi-2.6.1.0
esapi-2.6.2.0

Database specific

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