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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-1289

In Apache Fineract versions 1.0.0, 0.6.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, 0.4.0-incubating, the system exposes different REST end points to query domain specific entities with a Query Parameter 'orderBy' and 'sortOrder' which are appended directly with SQL statements. A hacker/user can inject/draft the 'orderBy' and 'sortOrder' query parameter in such a way to read/update the data for which he doesn't have authorization.

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1 Nov 2026, 06:55 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-1289

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Apr 2018, 18:29 UTC

In Apache Fineract versions 1.0.0, 0.6.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, 0.4.0-incubating, the system exposes different REST end points to query domain specific entities with a Query Parameter 'orderBy' and 'sortOrder' which are appended directly with SQL statements. A hacker/user can inject/draft the 'orderBy' and 'sortOrder' query parameter in such a way to read/update the data for which he doesn't have authorization.

osv:CVE-2018-1289
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-1289",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2018-1289",
    "summary": "In Apache Fineract versions 1.0.0, 0.6.0-incubating, 0.5.0-incubating, 0.4.0-incubating, the system exposes different REST end points to query domain specific entities with a Query Parameter 'orderBy' and 'sortOrder' which are appended directly with SQL statements. A hacker/user can inject/draft the 'orderBy' and 'sortOrder' query parameter in such a way to read/update the data for which he doesn't have authorization.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-1289",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:46.418148596Z",
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      "references": [
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 436327,
  "published_at": "2018-04-20T18:29:00.567+00:00"
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