Lychee
CVE-2023-52082
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Parameterized queries, prepared statements
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Lychee is a free photo-management tool. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This SQL Injection vulnerability could allow attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Use parameterized queries/prepared statements. Never concatenate user input into SQL. Apply least-privilege database permissions.
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This vulnerability is classified as SQL Injection (CWE-89), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database. Lychee is a free photo-management tool. Prior to 5.0.2, Lychee is vulnerable to an SQL injection on any binding when using mysql/mariadb. This injection is only active for users with the .env settings set to DB_LOG_SQL=true and DB_LOG_SQL_EXPLAIN=true. The defaults settings of Lychee are safe. The patch is provided on version 5.0.2. To work around this issue, disable SQL EXPLAIN logging. Affected products include: Lycheeorg Lychee. Version information: Prior to 5.0.2.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Lychee is a free photo-management tool. Prior to 5.0.2, Lychee is vulnerable to an SQL injection on any binding when using mysql/mariadb. This injection is only active for users with the .env settings set to DB_LOG_SQL=true and DB_LOG_SQL_EXPLAIN=true. The defaults settings of Lychee are safe. The patch is provided on version 5.0.2. To work around this issue, disable SQL EXPLAIN logging.
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Attack Technique
SQL injection exploits the way applications construct database queries by mixing user input directly into SQL statements.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Lychee 3.1.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code and obtain s
Authenticated path traversal in Lychee photo-management tool prior to 7.6.4 allows any logged-in user to read files acce
Lychee photo management tool versions before 7.1.0 contain an authorization bypass in the album password unlock mechanis
Paid fulfillment bypass in Lychee (Supporter/Pro editions) before 7.7.0: the checkout validators accept any OmnipayProvi
Unauthenticated buyers on Lychee instances running the Supporter/Pro webshop can tamper with the parameters handed to th
Unauthenticated attackers who know the shared identifier of a public, password-protected Lychee album can pull down a ZI
Lychee photo-management instances running versions prior to 7.6.1 expose POST /api/v2/Album::unlock with no throttle, at
Denial of service in Lychee before 7.7.0 allows an authenticated user with upload/import permission to tie up image-proc
Unauthenticated remote attackers can retrieve a complete OpenAPI schema and repeatedly force CPU-intensive schema regene
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