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CVE-2019-14937

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2019-08-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

REDCap before 9.3.0 allows time-based SQL injection in the edit calendar event via the cal_id parameter, such as cal_id=55 and sleep(3) to Calendar/calendar_popup_ajax.php. The attacker can obtain a user's login sessionid from the database, and then re-login into REDCap to compromise all data.

Affected products

• Vanderbilt REDCap: from 8.11.5 before 9.3.0 — fixed in 9.3.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Vanderbilt REDCap 9.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gist.github.com/hiennv20/6739606a4d0d25612f5139ec391060b7
• https://projectredcap.org/resources/community/
• https://www.evms.edu/research/resources_services/redcap/redcap_change_log/
• https://gist.github.com/hiennv20/6739606a4d0d25612f5139ec391060b7
• https://projectredcap.org/resources/community/
• https://www.evms.edu/research/resources_services/redcap/redcap_change_log/

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