{"id":"GHSA-7g7c-qhf3-x59p","aliases":[],"status":"published","title":"propel/propel1 SQL injection possible with limit() on MySQL","description":"The limit() query method is susceptible to catastrophic SQL injection with MySQL.\n\nFor example, given a model User for a table users:\n```\nUserQuery::create()-\u003elimit('1;DROP TABLE users')-\u003efind();\n```\nThis will drop the users table!\n\nThe cause appears to be a lack of integer casting of the limit input in either Criteria::setLimit() or in DBMySQL::applyLimit(). The code comments there seem to imply that casting was avoided due to overflow issues with 32-bit integers.\n\nThis is surprising behavior since one of the primary purposes of an ORM is to prevent basic SQL injection.\n\nThis affects all versions of Propel: 1.x, 2.x, and 3.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","from":"ghsa"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":true},"cwes":["CWE-89"],"published":"2024-05-20T17:36:28Z","modified":"2024-12-05T05:39:36Z","fixes":[{"ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"propel/propel1","fixed_in":["1.7.2"],"sources":["ghsa","osv"]}],"affected":[{"source":"ghsa","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"propel/propel1","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1"},{"last_affected":"1.7.1"},{"fixed":"1.7.2"}]}]},{"source":"osv","ecosystem":"Packagist","package":"propel/propel1","ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1"},{"fixed":"1.7.2"}]}],"versions":["1.6.2","1.6.3","1.6.4","1.6.5","1.6.6","1.6.7","1.6.8","1.6.9","1.7.0","1.7.1"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/propelorm/Propel/issues/1052","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/propelorm/Propel/pull/1054","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/propelorm/Propel/commit/b72093201f8e225410f62a246653ac039e31c90a","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/propel/propel1/2018-02-14.yaml","tags":["web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7g7c-qhf3-x59p"},{"url":"https://github.com/propelorm/Propel","tags":["package"]}],"sources":{"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-7g7c-qhf3-x59p","title":"propel/propel1 SQL injection possible with limit() on MySQL","description":"The limit() query method is susceptible to catastrophic SQL injection with MySQL.\n\nFor example, given a model User for a table users:\n```\nUserQuery::create()-\u003elimit('1;DROP TABLE users')-\u003efind();\n```\nThis will drop the users table!\n\nThe cause appears to be a lack of integer casting of the limit input in either Criteria::setLimit() or in DBMySQL::applyLimit(). The code comments there seem to imply that casting was avoided due to overflow issues with 32-bit integers.\n\nThis is surprising behavior since one of the primary purposes of an ORM is to prevent basic SQL injection.\n\nThis affects all versions of Propel: 1.x, 2.x, and 3.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-20T17:36:28Z","modified":"2024-05-20T17:36:30Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-89"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:37:50.750599Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-7g7c-qhf3-x59p","title":"propel/propel1 SQL injection possible with limit() on MySQL","description":"The limit() query method is susceptible to catastrophic SQL injection with MySQL.\n\nFor example, given a model User for a table users:\n```\nUserQuery::create()-\u003elimit('1;DROP TABLE users')-\u003efind();\n```\nThis will drop the users table!\n\nThe cause appears to be a lack of integer casting of the limit input in either Criteria::setLimit() or in DBMySQL::applyLimit(). The code comments there seem to imply that casting was avoided due to overflow issues with 32-bit integers.\n\nThis is surprising behavior since one of the primary purposes of an ORM is to prevent basic SQL injection.\n\nThis affects all versions of Propel: 1.x, 2.x, and 3.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-20T17:36:28Z","modified":"2024-12-05T05:39:36.081597Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical"}],"cwes":["CWE-89"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:41.002603Z"}]}}