OpenProject SQL Injection and XSS

OpenProject, a web-based project management platform, contains a critical SQL injection vulnerability in versions prior to 16.6.9, 17.0.6, 17.1.3, and 17.2.1. When custom fields are used in Cost Reports, insufficient input sanitization allows attackers with administrator privileges to execute arbitrary SQL commands. This vulnerability can be chained with a path traversal issue in the Repositories module to achieve remote code execution by injecting malicious Ruby code into the application. No current KEV listing or public POC is documented in available sources.

OpenProject's Repositories module contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that occurs when displaying filenames from repository changesets. Attackers with repository push access can inject malicious HTML code via specially crafted filenames, which executes when project members view affected changesets. This affects OpenProject versions prior to 16.6.9, 17.0.6, 17.1.3, and 17.2.1, with a CVSS score of 9.1 indicating critical severity.