# CVE-2017-5527: TIBCO Spotfire injection vulnerabilities

> Authorized users can perform SQL injection attacks on TIBCO Spotfire Server, potentially accessing or modifying sensitive data.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:L/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 May 2017
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cfr5-rfj7-vjc4

## What is CVE-2017-5527?

CVE-2017-5527 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, published on 9 May 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

TIBCO Spotfire Server 7.0.X before 7.0.2, 7.5.x before 7.5.1, 7.6.x before 7.6.1, 7.7.x before 7.7.1, and 7.8.x before 7.8.1 and Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace 7.8.0 and earlier contain multiple vulnerabilities which may allow authorized users to perform SQL injection attacks.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5527?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Tibco Spotfire Analytics Platform for Aws, Tibco Spotfire Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-5527?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5527 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-5527 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5527 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace

- [CVE-2020-9408](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9408/): TIBCO Spotfire Server Script Trust Problem Exposes Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2019-11205](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11205/): TIBCO Spotfire Server Exposes Multiple Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-18813](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18813/): TIBCO Spotfire Reflected and Persistent Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-18814](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18814/): TIBCO Spotfire Authentication Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2019-17337](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-17337/): TIBCO Spotfire Server Library Vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-5527 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-5527 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace, published on 9 May 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5527 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TIBCO Spotfire Analytics Platform for AWS Marketplace. 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-2017-5527/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5527/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5527
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5527
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5527

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5527/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.