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Security Advisories: GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1qY3dyLXgyNWgteDVmaM4AA2Ch

codehaus-plexus vulnerable to XML injection

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.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jcwr-x25h-x5fh
JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/GSA_kwCzR0hTQS1qY3dyLXgyNWgteDVmaM4AA2Ch
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: about 1 year ago
Updated: 7 months ago

CVSS Score: 4.3
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS Percentage: 0.00341
EPSS Percentile: 0.71967

Identifiers: GHSA-jcwr-x25h-x5fh, CVE-2022-4245
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4245
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3906
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4245
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2149843
• https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/issues/3
• https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/commit/f933e5e78dc2637e485447ed821fe14904f110de
• https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-461102
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2135
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jcwr-x25h-x5fh

Repository: https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils
Blast Radius: 17.8

Affected Packages