Electric is a Postgres sync engine. From 1.1.12 to before 1.5.0, the order_by parameter in the ElectricSQL /v1/shape API is vulnerable to error-based SQL injection, allowing any authenticated user to read, write, and destroy the full contents of the underlying PostgreSQL database through crafted ORDER BY expressions. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.0.
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Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

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Description Electric is a Postgres sync engine. From 1.1.12 to before 1.5.0, the order_by parameter in the ElectricSQL /v1/shape API is vulnerable to error-based SQL injection, allowing any authenticated user to read, write, and destroy the full contents of the underlying PostgreSQL database through crafted ORDER BY expressions. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.5.0.
Title Electric: SQL Injection via ORDER BY Parameter in Shape API
Weaknesses CWE-89
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-21T20:05:51.819Z

Reserved: 2026-04-15T16:37:22.767Z

Link: CVE-2026-40906

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-21T21:16:44.697

Modified: 2026-04-21T21:16:44.697

Link: CVE-2026-40906

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