Answer in brief
CVE-2023-25813 records a Critical severity (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in Sequelize vulnerable to SQL Injection via replacements. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps sequelize (npm). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
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CVSS is 10.0. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps sequelize (npm). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| sequelizenpm | >=0 <6.19.1 | 6.19.1 |
Published upstream
Feb 22, 2023
Evidence: source:osv:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Sep 10, 2026
Evidence: source:osv:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Sep 10, 2026
### Impact The SQL injection exploit is related to replacements. Here is such an example: In the following query, some parameters are passed through replacements, and some are passed directly through the `where` option. ```typescript User.findAll({ where: or( literal('soundex("firstName") = soundex(:firstName)'), { lastName: lastName }, ), replacements: { firstName }, }) ``` This is a very legitimate use case, but this query was vulnerable to SQL injection due to how Sequelize processed the query: Sequelize built a first query using the `where` option, then passed it over to `sequelize.query` which parsed the resulting SQL to inject all `:replacements`. If the user passed values such as ```json { "firstName": "OR true; DROP TABLE users;", "lastName": ":firstName" } ``` Sequelize would first generate this query: ```sql SELECT * FROM users WHERE soundex("firstName") = soundex(:firstName) OR "lastName" = ':firstName' ``` Then would inject replacements in it, which resulted in this: ```sql SELECT * FROM users WHERE soundex("firstName") = soundex('OR true; DROP TABLE users;') OR "lastName" = ''OR true; DROP TABLE users;'' ``` As you can see this resulted in arbitrary user-provided SQL being executed. ### Patches The issue was fixed in Sequelize 6.19.1 ### Workarounds Do not use the `replacements` and the `where` option in the same query if you are not using Sequelize >= 6.19.1 ### References See this thread for more information: https://github.com/sequelize/sequelize/issues/14519 Snyk: https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SEQUELIZE-2932027
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