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CVE-2021-4298: Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame Sipity search_criteria_for_works_parameter.rb SearchCriteriaForWorksParameter sql injection

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-01-02 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame Sipity. This affects the function SearchCriteriaForWorksParameter of the file app/parameters/sipity/parameters/search_criteria_for_works_parameter.rb. The manipulation leads to sql injection. Upgrading to version 2021.8 is able to address this issue. The patch is named d1704c7363b899ffce65be03a796a0ee5fdbfbdc. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217179.

Affected products

• Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame Sipity: before 2021.8 — fixed in 2021.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Hesburgh Libraries of Notre Dame Sipity 2021.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/ndlib/sipity/commit/d1704c7363b899ffce65be03a796a0ee5fdbfbdc
• https://github.com/ndlib/sipity/releases/tag/v2021.8
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217179
• https://vuldb.com/?id.217179
• https://github.com/ndlib/sipity/commit/d1704c7363b899ffce65be03a796a0ee5fdbfbdc
• https://github.com/ndlib/sipity/releases/tag/v2021.8
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217179
• https://vuldb.com/?id.217179

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