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Fencer Intel
high 7.5

CVE-2016-20018 json

Knex.js has a limited SQL injection vulnerability

published 2022-12-19 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-4jv9-3563-23j3 , EUVD-2022-7505

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Knex Knex.js through 2.3.0 has a limited SQL injection vulnerability that can be exploited to ignore the WHERE clause of a SQL query.

Patch / fix

  • npm knex 2.4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-20018 updated cvss 7.5

Knex: SQL injection

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • ghostccamm.com https://www.ghostccamm.com/blog/knex_sqli/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/knex/knex/issues/1227 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
npm knex
<2.4.0
2.4.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command

References

Sources

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