CVE-2022-4245

Codehaus-plexus: xml external entity (xxe) injection

Published Sep 25, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 4.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-2535 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jcwr-x25h-x5fh codehaus-plexus vulnerable to XML injection
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Codehaus-plexus
Codehaus-plexus plexus-utils
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:codehaus-plexus_project:codehaus-plexus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:codehaus-plexus:plexus-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Codehaus-plexus Project
Codehaus-plexus Project codehaus-plexus
Codehaus-plexus
Codehaus-plexus plexus-utils