CVE-2019-14900

A flaw was found in Hibernate ORM in versions before 5.3.18, 5.4.18 and 5.5.0.Beta1. A SQL injection in the implementation of the JPA Criteria API can permit unsanitized literals when a literal is used in the SELECT or GROUP BY parts of the query. This flaw could allow an attacker to access unauthorized information or possibly conduct further attacks.

Published: 2020-07-06 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-14900 is rated Moderate Risk (54.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.70%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-14900

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-29 1.81% 1.70% -0.12%
2 2026-03-04 1.27% 1.81% +0.54%
3 2026-02-23 — 1.27% —

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-14900

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-14900

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-14900

GHSA-8grg-q944-cch5 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — SQL Injection in Hibernate ORM

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-14900

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2019-14900 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libhibernate3-java), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14900
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14900
suse medium CVE-2019-14900 severity moderate: SUSE including 313 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 313 product×package rows across 3 product lines (SUSE Manager Server Module 4.0, SUSE Manager Server Module 4.1, chost): Known Affected 231, Fixed 82. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-14900/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-14900

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hibernate hibernate_orm < 5.3.18 cpe:2.3:a:hibernate:hibernate_orm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hibernate hibernate_orm >= 5.4.0, < 5.4.18 cpe:2.3:a:hibernate:hibernate_orm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat build_of_quarkus — cpe:2.3:a:redhat:build_of_quarkus:-:*:*:*:text-only:*:*:*
redhat decision_manager 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:decision_manager:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat fuse < 7.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:fuse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_data_grid 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_data_grid:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform — cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:-:*:*:*:text-only:*:*:*
redhat jboss_middleware_text-only_advisories — cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_middleware_text-only_advisories:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack 10 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack 13 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack 14 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat single_sign-on — cpe:2.3:a:redhat:single_sign-on:-:*:*:*:text-only:*:*:*
quarkus quarkus <= 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:quarkus:quarkus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 7.4 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-14900

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