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CVE-2026-55572

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Description

e107 is a content management system (CMS). Prior to 2.3.7, the bundled alt_auth plugin's otherdb and e107db authentication backends interpolate the submitted login username directly into SQL in e107_plugins/alt_auth/otherdb_auth.php and e107_plugins/alt_auth/e107db_auth.php. The login() methods execute those strings with PDO::query() before effective sanitization, so an unauthenticated user can inject SQL when alt_auth is installed and either backend is configured with a live external database connection. The injection can expose or modify data available to the configured database account, and query failures can additionally disclose the generated query through the debug-message path. This issue is fixed in version 2.3.7.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
10.0 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-14 18:17:37.863000
Last modified
2026-10-29 14:17:56.897000
View original CVE JSON
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  "id": "CVE-2026-55572",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-10-14T18:17:37.863",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-29T14:17:56.897",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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      "value": "e107 is a content management system (CMS). Prior to 2.3.7, the bundled alt_auth plugin's otherdb and e107db authentication backends interpolate the submitted login username directly into SQL in e107_plugins/alt_auth/otherdb_auth.php and e107_plugins/alt_auth/e107db_auth.php. The login() methods execute those strings with PDO::query() before effective sanitization, so an unauthenticated user can inject SQL when alt_auth is installed and either backend is configured with a live external database connection. The injection can expose or modify data available to the configured database account, and query failures can additionally disclose the generated query through the debug-message path. This issue is fixed in version 2.3.7."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
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      "affectedData": [
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          "product": "e107",
          "versions": [
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            }
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    }
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  "metrics": {
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          "baseScore": 10.0,
          "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
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  "references": [
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      "url": "https://github.com/e107inc/e107/commit/120bd4bdbe18c8690c60a007ad6716e52e6ee965",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/e107inc/e107/releases/tag/v2.3.7",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/e107inc/e107/security/advisories/GHSA-5f75-c25x-59wx",
      "source": "[email protected]"
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}