CVE-2025-1520

high

Description

PostHog ClickHouse Table Functions SQL Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of PostHog. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the implementation of the SQL parser. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the database account. Was ZDI-CAN-25350.

References

https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-099/

https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/commit/6e8f035f9acd339c5ba87ba6ea40fc1ab3053d42

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-04-23

Updated: 2025-04-23

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00242