Arches vulnerable to execution of arbitrary SQL
### Impact
With a carefully crafted web request, it's possible to execute certain unwanted sql statements against the database.
Anyone running the impacted versions (<=6.1.1, 6.2.0, >=7.0.0, <=7.1.1) should upgrade as soon as possible.
### Patches
The problem has been patched in the following versions: 6.1.2
https://pypi.org/project/arches/6.1.2/, 6.2.1
https://pypi.org/project/arches/6.2.1/, and 7.2.0
https://pypi.org/project/arches/7.2.0/
Users are strongly urged to upgrade to the most recent relevant patch.
### Workarounds
There are no workarounds.
### General References
https://www.w3schools.com/sql/sql_injection.asp
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQL_injection
### For more information
Post any questions to the Arches project forum
https://community.archesproject.org/.