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codehaus-plexus vulnerable to XML injection

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Sep 25, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 3, 2024

Package

maven org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils (Maven)

Affected versions

< 3.0.24

Patched versions

3.0.24

Description

A flaw was found in codehaus-plexus. The org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.XmlWriterUtil#writeComment fails to sanitize comments for a --> sequence. This issue means that text contained in the command string could be interpreted as XML and allow for XML injection.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 25, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Sep 25, 2023
Reviewed Sep 26, 2023
Last updated May 3, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.341%
(72nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-4245

GHSA ID

GHSA-jcwr-x25h-x5fh

Source code

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