CVE-2016-4468· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

SQL injection vulnerability in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) before 238; UAA 2.x before 2.7.4.4, 3.x before 3.3.0.2, and 3.4.x before 3.4.1; U

SQL injection vulnerability in Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) before 238; UAA 2.x before 2.7.4.4, 3.x before 3.3.0.2, and 3.4.x before 3.4.1; UAA BOSH before 11.2 and 12.x before 12.2; Elastic Runtime before 1.6.29 and 1.7.x before 1.7.7; and Ops Manager 1.7.x before 1.7.8 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via unspecified vectors.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.0—Proof of concept No fix recorded

Published: Apr 11, 2017
Updated: Jun 16, 2026
EPSS: 2.1% · 81th percentile
CWE: CWE-89

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Low priority for now.

CVSS: 35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 1 / 30 · 2.1%

Affected systems

Vendor	Product	CPE
cloudfoundry	cloud foundry uaa bosh	cpe:2.3:a:cloudfoundry:cloud_foundry_uaa_bosh
pivotal software	cloud foundry	cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:cloud_foundry
pivotal software	cloud foundry elastic runtime	cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:cloud_foundry_elastic_runtime
pivotal software	cloud foundry ops manager	cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:cloud_foundry_ops_manager
pivotal software	cloud foundry uaa	cpe:2.3:a:pivotal_software:cloud_foundry_uaa

Affected versions

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cloudfoundry cloud foundry uaa boshup to 12.0 inclusive
pivotal software cloud foundryup to 237.0 inclusive
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.0
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.1
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.10
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.11
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.12
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.13
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.14
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.15
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.17
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.18
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.19
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.2
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.20
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.21
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.22
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.23
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.25
pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime1.6.26

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Remediation

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Exploit status

Proof of concept available

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Evidence

Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
Source	Kind	Date
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub	stars:0	2021-01-06

Research context

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Timeline

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

PublishedApr 11, 2017
First PoCJan 6, 2021+1366 d
TodaySep 30, 2026+3459 d

EPSS, last 120 days

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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.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
A low-privileged account is enough.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Network
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

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

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

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Vulnerable

1const owner = req.query.owner;2const rows = await db.query(3  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = '" + owner + "'"4);

Fixed

1const owner = req.query.owner;2const rows = await db.query(3  "SELECT * FROM files WHERE owner = $1",4  [owner]5);

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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