# CVE-2015-1397: SQL injection in n/a

> Remote administrators can execute arbitrary SQL commands via the grid export functionality, potentially compromising database integrity and confidentiality.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Apr 2015
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-74wx-cgv2-vqc6

## What is CVE-2015-1397?

CVE-2015-1397 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Magento Magento, published on 29 Apr 2015. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SQL injection vulnerability in the getCsvFile function in the Mage_Adminhtml_Block_Widget_Grid class in Magento Community Edition (CE) 1.9.1.0 and Enterprise Edition (EE) 1.14.1.0 allows remote administrators to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the popularity[field_expr] parameter when the popularity[from] or popularity[to] parameter is set.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1397?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Magento Magento.

## How do I fix CVE-2015-1397?

No fix has been published for CVE-2015-1397 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2015-1397 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1397 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/WHOISshuvam/CVE-2015-1397 (github_poc): https://github.com/WHOISshuvam/CVE-2015-1397
- Magento eCommerce - Remote Code Execution (exploitdb)
- https://github.com/tmatejicek/CVE-2015-1397 (github_poc): https://github.com/tmatejicek/CVE-2015-1397
- https://github.com/Wytchwulf/CVE-2015-1397-Magento-Shoplift (github_poc): https://github.com/Wytchwulf/CVE-2015-1397-Magento-Shoplift
- https://github.com/0xDTC/Magento-eCommerce-RCE-CVE-2015-1397 (github_poc): https://github.com/0xDTC/Magento-eCommerce-RCE-CVE-2015-1397

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2015-1397 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2015-1397 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Magento Magento, published on 29 Apr 2015. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1397 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Magento Magento. 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-2015-1397/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-1397/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1397
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1397
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-1397

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