# CVE-2015-10091: ByWater Solutions bywater-koha-xslt systempreferences.pl StringSearch sql injection

> Remote attackers can exploit SQL injection in the StringSearch function to read or modify database contents in Koha library systems.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9cx5-g7cr-m8f2

## What is CVE-2015-10091?

CVE-2015-10091 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in bywater-koha-xslt, published on 6 Mar 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in ByWater Solutions bywater-koha-xslt and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function StringSearch of the file admin/systempreferences.pl. The manipulation of the argument name leads to sql injection. The attack can be initiated remotely. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available. The patch is identified as 9513b93c828dfbc4413f9e0df63647401aaf4e58. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-222322 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-10091?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bywatersolutions Bywater-Koha-Xslt.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-10091?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-10091 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-10091 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-10091 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2015-10091 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-10091 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in bywater-koha-xslt, published on 6 Mar 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-10091 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: bywater-koha-xslt. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-10091/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-10091/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-10091
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-10091
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-10091

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