The qstr method in the PDO driver in the ADOdb Library for PHP before 5.x before 5.20.7 might allow remote attackers to conduct SQL injection attacks via vectors related to incorrect quoting.

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-6825-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that the PDO driver in ADOdb was incorrectly handling string quotes. A remote attacker     could possibly use this issue to

    perform SQL injection attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-7405)

    It was discovered that ADOdb was incorrectly handling GET parameters in

    test.php. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to execute

    cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks. This issue only affected Ubuntu

    16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-4855)

    Emmet Leahy discovered that ADOdb was incorrectly handling string quotes in PostgreSQL connections. A     remote attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass authentication. (CVE-2021-3850)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201701-59 (ADOdb: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in ADOdb. Please review       the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker, through the use of SQL injection or Cross Site       Scripting (XSS) attacks, could execute arbitrary code.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

Security fix for CVE-2016-7405

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
200273	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : ADOdb vulnerabilities (USN-6825-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	critical
96745	GLSA-201701-59 : ADOdb: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
94859	Fedora 25 : php-adodb (2016-c5ec2c17e6)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
93885	Fedora 24 : php-adodb (2016-b1b1ef703c)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical
93873	Fedora 23 : php-adodb (2016-14bc73b990)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	critical

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