# CVE-2017-5663: SQL injection in Apache Fineract

> Authenticated users can inject malicious SQL via the sqlSearch parameter in Apache Fineract, allowing unauthorized data access or modification.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 14 Dec 2017
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-432p-g7rx-g388

## What is CVE-2017-5663?

CVE-2017-5663 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Apache Fineract, published on 14 Dec 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Apache Fineract 0.4.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, and 0.6.0-incubating, an authenticated user with client/loan/center/staff/group read permissions is able to inject malicious SQL into SELECT queries. The 'sqlSearch' parameter on a number of endpoints is not sanitized and appended directly to the query.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5663?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apache Fineract.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-5663?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5663 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-5663 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5663 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Apache Fineract

- [CVE-2024-23538](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23538/): SQL injection in Apache Fineract (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2018-11800](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11800/): SQL injection in Apache Fineract (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11801](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11801/): SQL injection in Apache Fineract (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-1290](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1290/): SQL injection in Apache Fineract (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-32838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32838/): Apache Fineract: SQL injection vulnerabilities in offices API endpoint (critical 9.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-5663 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-5663 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Apache Fineract, published on 14 Dec 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-2017-5663 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Apache Fineract. 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-2017-5663/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5663/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5663
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5663
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5663

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