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CVE-2013-4662· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

The Quick Search API in CiviCRM 4.2.0 through 4.2.9 and 4.3.0 through 4.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the validation layer

The Quick Search API in CiviCRM 4.2.0 through 4.2.9 and 4.3.0 through 4.3.3 allows remote authenticated users to bypass the validation layer and conduct SQL injection attacks via a direct request to the "second layer" of the API, related to contact.getquick.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v2.0—No exploit Fix available

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Published
Jan 29, 2014
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.0% · 62th percentile
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Action score

26

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 1.0%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
civicrmcivicrm

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • civicrm civicrm4.2.0
  • civicrm civicrm4.2.1
  • civicrm civicrm4.2.2
  • civicrm civicrm4.2.4
  • civicrm civicrm4.2.5
  • civicrm civicrm4.2.6
  • civicrm civicrm4.2.7
  • civicrm civicrm4.2.8
  • civicrm civicrm4.2.9
  • civicrm civicrm4.3.0
  • civicrm civicrm4.3.1
  • civicrm civicrm4.3.2
  • civicrm civicrm4.3.3

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Packagistcivicrm/civicrm-corefrom 4.2.0 · before 4.2.94.2.9
Packagistcivicrm/civicrm-corefrom 4.3.0 · before 4.3.34.3.3

Same product

civicrm: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    35Monitor
  • CVE-2013-5957Multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities in CRM/Core/Page/AJAX/Location.php in CiviCRM before 4.2.12, 4.3.x before 4.3.7, and 4.4.x before 4.4
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2025-65187A Stored Cross Site Scripting vulnerability exists in CiviCRM before v6.7 in the Accounting Batches field.
    24Monitor
  • CVE-2011-5239CiviCRM 4.0.5 and 4.1.1 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName f
    23Monitor
  • CVE-2023-25440Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the add contact function CiviCRM 5.59.alpha1, allows attackers to execute arbitrary code
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Packagist:civicrm/civicrm-core4.2.9Package registry (OSV)
Packagist:civicrm/civicrm-core4.3.3Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
P · data can be read
Integrity
P · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
P · the service can be disrupted
Attack complexity
Low
Confidentiality impact
P
Integrity impact
P
Availability impact
P

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-89 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

nvd-primary

Root cause

The query text is built by concatenating user input. The database cannot tell where the data ends and the command begins.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-89 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

ts
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query(  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = '" + owner + "'");

Fixed

ts
const owner = req.query.owner;const rows = await db.query(  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = $1",  [owner]);

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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