GHSA-g868-j3qm-4j28
GHSA-g868-j3qm-4j28 is a SQL Injection vulnerability in georgringer/news. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-g868-j3qm-4j28 is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
georgringer/news has SQL Injection in extension "News system" (news)
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for GHSA-g868-j3qm-4j28.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
Real-World Exposure
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Description
The extension fails to properly sanitize user input before using it in a database query. As a result, an unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary SQL through a URL parameter on pages using the "Date Menu of news articles" plugin. Exploitation requires the "Date Menu of news articles" plugin to be in use and the TypoScript/Plugin setting disableOverrideDemand not to be enabled.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | georgringer/news | ≥ 12.0.0&&< 12.3.2 | 12.3.2 |
| 🐘Packagist | georgringer/news | ≥ 13.0.0&&< 13.0.2 | 13.0.2 |
| 🐘Packagist | georgringer/news | ≥ 14.0.0&&< 14.0.3 | 14.0.3 |
| 🐘Packagist | georgringer/news | all versions | 10.0.4 |
| 🐘Packagist | georgringer/news | ≥ 11.0.0&&< 11.4.4 | 11.4.4 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for georgringer/news. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update georgringer/news to 12.3.2 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-g868-j3qm-4j28 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-g868-j3qm-4j28 is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-g868-j3qm-4j28. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-g868-j3qm-4j28 in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-g868-j3qm-4j28 across Packagist dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.