Lychee is vulnerable to an SQL Injection in explain DB queries.
Lychee is a free photo-management tool. Prior to 5.0.2, Lychee is vulnerable to an SQL injection on any binding when using mysql/mariadb. This injection is only active for users with the `.env` settings set to DB_LOG_SQL=true and DB_LOG_SQL_EXPLAIN=true. The defaults settings of Lychee are safe. The patch is provided on version 5.0.2. To work around this issue, disable SQL EXPLAIN logging.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2023-52082
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- 6 Nov 2026, 02:08 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Lychee is vulnerable to an SQL Injection in explain DB queries.
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 28 Dec 2023, 15:46 UTC
Lychee is a free photo-management tool. Prior to 5.0.2, Lychee is vulnerable to an SQL injection on any binding when using mysql/mariadb. This injection is only active for users with the `.env` settings set to DB_LOG_SQL=true and DB_LOG_SQL_EXPLAIN=true. The defaults settings of Lychee are safe. The patch is provided on version 5.0.2. To work around this issue, disable SQL EXPLAIN logging.
osv:CVE-2023-52082
Complete source record
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