CVE-2012-1618: PostgreSQL

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Interaction error in the PostgreSQL JDBC driver before 8.2, when used with a PostgreSQL server with the "standard_conforming_strings" option enabled, such as the default configuration of PostgreSQL 9.1, does not properly escape unspecified JDBC statement parameters, which allows remote attackers to perform SQL injection attacks. NOTE: as of 20120330, it was claimed that the upstream developer planned to dispute this issue, but an official dispute has not been posted as of 20121005.

Affected products

• PostgreSQL PostgreSQL: version 9.1 only
• PostgreSQL PostgreSQL Jdbc Driver: version 8.1 only

Published 2012-10-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.