CVE catalog

CVE-2025-5878

ESAPI vulnerabilities

[CVE catalog]

Severity
Medium
Published
Source
[NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS
0.50% · Oct 25, 2026

A vulnerability was found in ESAPI esapi-java-legacy and classified as problematic. This issue affects the interface Encoder.encodeForSQL of the SQL Injection Defense. An attack leads to an improper neutralization of special elements. The attack may be initiated remotely and an exploit has been disclosed to the public. The project was contacted early about this issue and handled it with an exceptional level of professionalism. Upgrading to version 2.7.0.0 is able to address this issue. Commit ID f75ac2c2647a81d2cfbdc9c899f8719c240ed512 is disabling the feature by default and any attempt to use it will trigger a warning. And commit ID e2322914304d9b1c52523ff24be495b7832f6a56 is updating the misleading Java class documentation to warn about the risks.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debianlibowasp-esapi-javasid2.4.0.0-3vulnerable
Debianlibowasp-esapi-javatrixie2.4.0.0-2.1vulnerable
Debianlibowasp-esapi-javabookworm2.4.0.0-2vulnerable
Ubuntulibowasp-esapi-javanobleNot reportedvulnerable
Ubuntulibowasp-esapi-javanoble2.4.0.0-2ubuntu0.1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debianlibowasp-esapi-javasourcesid(unfixed)not yet assignedNot reported[1109378]
Debianlibowasp-esapi-javasourcetrixie(unfixed)not yet assignedNot reported[1109378]
Debianlibowasp-esapi-javasourcebookworm(unfixed)not yet assignedNot reported[1109378]
Ubuntulibowasp-esapi-javadebnoble2.4.0.0-2ubuntu0.1Not reportedNot reportedNot reported

[Debian bug #1109378]

Notes

[trixie] libowasp-esapi-java: Minor issue [bookworm] libowasp-esapi-java: Minor issue

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [libowasp-esapi-java]Affected
    Details (2)

    • 2.4.0.0-2 · all · bookworm

      Affected

      usn · libowasp-esapi-java · debian · bookworm; usn · libowasp-esapi-java · debian · 12

    • 2.4.0.0-2 · all · bookworm

      Affected

      usn · libowasp-esapi-java · debian · bookworm; usn · libowasp-esapi-java · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [libowasp-esapi-java]Affected
    Details (2)

    • 2.4.0.0-2.1 · all · trixie

      Affected

      usn · libowasp-esapi-java · debian · 13

    • 2.4.0.0-2.1 · all · trixie

      Affected

      usn · libowasp-esapi-java · debian · 13

Observed:

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)]