benjjvi/PyBB may send unsanitized request to SQL database

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-34249",
  "method": "structured",
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    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "benjjvi/PyBB may send unsanitized request to SQL database",
    "summary": "benjjvi/PyBB is an open source bulletin board. Prior to commit dcaeccd37198ecd3e41ea766d1099354b60d69c2, benjjvi/PyBB is vulnerable to SQL Injection. This vulnerability has been fixed as of commit dcaeccd37198ecd3e41ea766d1099354b60d69c2. As a workaround, a user may be able to update the software manually to avoid this problem by sanitizing user queries to `BulletinDatabaseModule.py`.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2023-34249",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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              "type": "GIT",
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      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:40.350354474Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/34xxx/CVE-2023-34249.json",
        "https://github.com/benjjvi/PyBB/security/advisories/GHSA-5qrx-fgxq-95gg",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-34249",
        "https://github.com/benjjvi/PyBB/commit/dcaeccd37198ecd3e41ea766d1099354b60d69c2"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 507995,
  "published_at": "2023-06-13T16:40:44.556+00:00"
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