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CVE-2023-31038

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-31038 describes a SQL injection vulnerability in Apache Log4cxx, specifically within its ODBC appender when logging messages to a database. This flaw, present since at least version 0.9.0, affects C++ applications that compile Log4cxx with ODBC support, enable the ODBCAppender, and log user-controlled input. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability allows for remote, low-privileged attackers to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts due to improper escaping of SQL statements. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0.9.0, < 1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:log4cxx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0160 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 17,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-31038Important

log4cxx: SQL injection in Log4cxx when using the ODBC appender to send log messages to a database

May 7, 2023

References

lists.apache.org / thread/vgjlpdf353vv91gryspwxrzj6p0fbjd9
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