# CVE-2023-30554: SQL injection in sql_api/api_workflow.py endpoint in Archery - GHSL-2022-103

> Attackers can inject SQL via the db_name parameter in the ExecuteCheck endpoint to query connected databases in Archery.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A: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:** 18 Apr 2023
- **Updated:** 6 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3p43-89m6-7x5w

## What is CVE-2023-30554?

CVE-2023-30554 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in hhyo Archery, published on 18 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Archery is an open source SQL audit platform. The Archery project contains multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities, that may allow an attacker to query the connected databases. Affected versions are subject to SQL injection in the `sql_api/api_workflow.py` endpoint `ExecuteCheck` which passes unfiltered input to the `explain_check` method in `sql/engines/oracle.py`. User input coming from the `db_name` parameter value in the `api_workflow.py` `ExecuteCheck` endpoint is passed through the `oracle.py` `execute_check` method and to the `explain_check` method for execution. Each of these issues may be mitigated by escaping user input or by using prepared statements when executing SQL queries. This issue is also indexed as `GHSL-2022-103`.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-30554?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Archerydms Archery.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-30554?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-30554 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-30554 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-30554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in hhyo Archery

- [CVE-2022-38537](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38537/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-38538](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38538/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-38539](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38539/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-38540](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38540/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-38541](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38541/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-30554 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-30554 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in hhyo Archery, published on 18 Apr 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-30554 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: hhyo Archery. 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-2023-30554/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30554/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-30554
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-30554
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-30554

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30554/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.