# CVE-2017-17824: SQL injection in n/a

> SQL injection in Piwigo's Batch Manager allows attackers to read data from the connected MySQL database.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Dec 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v528-jq4x-4c82

## What is CVE-2017-17824?

CVE-2017-17824 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Piwigo Piwigo, published on 21 Dec 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Batch Manager component of Piwigo 2.9.2 is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the admin/batch_manager_unit.php element_ids parameter in unit mode. An attacker can exploit this to gain access to the data in a connected MySQL database.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-17824?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Piwigo Piwigo.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-17824?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-17824 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-17824 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17824 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Piwigo Piwigo

- [CVE-2014-4648](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-4648/): Unspecified vulnerability in Piwigo before 2.6.3 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to a "security failure." (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2023-33361](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33361/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-33362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33362/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-19213](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-19213/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-32615](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32615/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-17824 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-17824 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Piwigo Piwigo, published on 21 Dec 2017. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-17824 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Piwigo Piwigo. 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-2017-17824/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17824/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-17824
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17824
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-17824

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