UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5878

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5878

    Published: 29 Jun 2025Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2025-5878
    Aliases:
    USN-8181-1

    Summary:

    Details: A vulnerability was found in ESAPI esapi-java-legacy and classified as problematic. This issue affects the interface Encoder.encodeForSQL of the SQL Injection Defense. An attack leads to an improper neutralization of special elements. The attack may be initiated remotely and an exploit has been disclosed to the public. The project was contacted early about this issue and handled it with an exceptional level of professionalism. Upgrading to version 2.7.0.0 is able to address this issue. Commit ID f75ac2c2647a81d2cfbdc9c899f8719c240ed512 is disabling the feature by default and any attempt to use it will trigger a warning. And commit ID e2322914304d9b1c52523ff24be495b7832f6a56 is updating the misleading Java class documentation to warn about the risks.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-5878, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5878, https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/commit/f75ac2c2647a81d2cfbdc9c899f8719c240ed512, https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/commit/e2322914304d9b1c52523ff24be495b7832f6a56, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8181-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libowasp-esapi-java

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libowasp-esapi-java?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fxenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    2.1.0-2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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