GHSA-r5j5-q42h-fc93 — mautic/core
HIGHGHSA-r5j5-q42h-fc93 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.6) SQL Injection vulnerability in mautic/core. A fix is available for mautic/core — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Mautic is Vulnerable to SQL Injection through Contact Activity API Sorting
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- 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-r5j5-q42h-fc93.
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.
How urgent is this, really
GHSA-r5j5-q42h-fc93 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 376,715 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
mautic/core🐘mautic/core🐘mautic/coreReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Packagist packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Summary
This advisory addresses a SQL Injection vulnerability in the API endpoint used for retrieving contact activities. A vulnerability exists in the query construction for the Contact Activity timeline where the parameter responsible for determining the sort direction was not strictly validated against an allowlist, potentially allowing authenticated users to inject arbitrary SQL commands via the API.
Mitigation
Please update to 5.2.10, 6.0.8, 7.0.1 or later.
Workarounds
None.
References
If there are any questions or comments about this advisory:
Email Mautic at [email protected]
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐘Packagist | mautic/core | ≥ 2.10.0&&< 5.2.10 | 5.2.10composer require mautic/core:^5.2.10 |
| 🐘Packagist | mautic/core | ≥ 6.0.0-alpha&&< 6.0.8 | 6.0.8composer require mautic/core:^6.0.8 |
| 🐘Packagist | mautic/core | ≥ 7.0.0-alpha&&< 7.0.1 | 7.0.1composer require mautic/core:^7.0.1 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for mautic/core, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update mautic/core to 5.2.10 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-r5j5-q42h-fc93 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 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like GHSA-r5j5-q42h-fc93 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to GHSA-r5j5-q42h-fc93. 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-r5j5-q42h-fc93 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds GHSA-r5j5-q42h-fc93 across Packagist dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.