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CVE-2022-28346 — SQL Injection in django — CVE Details

CRITICAL

SQL Injection in Django

Published April 13, 2022Updated February 21, 2025Source: osv

What Should I Do?

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Low exploitation probability (1.97%). Schedule for your next planned update.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Django 2.2 before 2.2.28, 3.2 before 3.2.13, and 4.0 before 4.0.4. `QuerySet.annotate()`, `aggregate()`, and `extra()` methods are subject to SQL injection in column aliases via a crafted dictionary (with dictionary expansion) as the passed `**kwargs`.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published April 13, 2022 (1643 days ago).
  • Last revised February 21, 2025 — 1045 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

pip
Update django to 3.2.13 or later
pip install "django>=3.2.13"
pip
Update django to 4.0.4 or later
pip install "django>=4.0.4"
pip
Update django to 2.2.28 or later
pip install "django>=2.2.28"

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (3)

Affects 1 ecosystem: pypi (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
django
pypi
3.2, 3.2.1, 3.2.10, 3.2.11 (+9 more)3.2.13
django
pypi
4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.34.0.4
django
pypi
2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.10, 2.2.11 (+24 more)2.2.28

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-28346?
SQL Injection in Django This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2022-28346?
CVE-2022-28346 affects django. It has a 2.0% probability of exploitation within 30 days (EPSS score). Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2022-28346 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

EPSS Score (30-day exploit probability)
1.97%
Higher than 83% of vulnerabilities

This places it in the top quartile of EPSS-scored vulnerabilities — 83.3% of tracked vulnerabilities score at or below it, so it is more likely to be exploited than most of the tracked corpus.

Also Known As

GHSA-2gwj-7jmv-h26r
BIT-django-2022-28346
PYSEC-2022-190

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