CVE-2024-22196: Authenticated (user role) SQL injection in `OrderAndPaginate` (GHSL-2023-270)

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-22196 is a high (CVSS 7.0) vulnerability in 0xjacky nginx-ui. EPSS estimates a 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 11-01-2024
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 17-06-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Nginx-UI is an online statistics for Server Indicators​​ Monitor CPU usage, memory usage, load average, and disk usage in real-time. This issue may lead to information disclosure. By using `DefaultQuery`, the `"desc"` and `"id"` values are used as default values if the query parameters are not set. Thus, the `order` and `sort_by` query parameter are user-controlled and are being appended to the `order` variable without any sanitization. This issue has been patched in version 2.0.0.beta.9.

• CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL CommandThe product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.