Arbitrary AQL execution via unbound token values
Published Sep 8, 2022 · Updated Apr 23, 2025
AQL injection in AEB cruddl allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary ArangoDB queries through flex-search inputs. generateTokenizationQuery inserts expression and analyzer values directly into AQL string literals instead of passing them as bound values. Exploitation requires READ permission on a root entity using @flexSearchFulltext and grants the resulting query the database access of the application.
Summary
What happened
AQL injection in AEB cruddl allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary ArangoDB queries through flex-search inputs. generateTokenizationQuery inserts expression and analyzer values directly into AQL string literals instead of passing them as bound values. Exploitation requires READ permission on a root entity using @flexSearchFulltext and grants the resulting query the database access of the application.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-36084
- Published
- Sep 8, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 23, 2025
- Vendor
- AEB
- Product
- cruddl
- Classifications
- CWE-943, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Sep 8, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 23, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.2
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