CVE-2019-8979

CRITICAL LAB

Kohana < 3.3.6 - SQL Injection via order_by Parameter

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2019-8979. PoCs published by elttam.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a working PoC for CVE-2019-8979, a SQL injection vulnerability in the Koha library management system. The exploit leverages a blind SQL injection via the 'sort' and 'order' parameters in the Member controller, using a bitwise extraction method to dump database information.

Description

Kohana through 3.3.6 has SQL Injection when the order_by() parameter can be controlled.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC 2 stars
by elttam · poc
https://github.com/elttam/ko7demo

This repository contains a working PoC for CVE-2019-8979, a SQL injection vulnerability in the Koha library management system. The exploit leverages a blind SQL injection via the 'sort' and 'order' parameters in the Member controller, using a bitwise extraction method to dump database information.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Sqli
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Koha (version not explicitly specified, but CVE-2019-8979 affects Koha < 18.11.03)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to the vulnerable Koha instance · Network connectivity to the target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/huzr2018/orderby_SQLi

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0320
EPSS Percentile 86.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Lab Environment

COMMUNITY
Community Lab
docker pull mysql:5.7

Details

CWE
CWE-89
Status published
Products (1)
kohanaframework/kohana < 3.3.6
Published Feb 21, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026