CVE-2022-4721

Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) in ikus060/rdiffweb

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Published Dec 23, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.5.5.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

ikus060

ikus060/rdiffweb

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 2.5.5

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ikus-soft:rdiffweb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-0258	Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.5.5.
Github GHSA	GHSA-83pm-7v48-5jp4	rdiffweb vulnerable to Special Element Injection

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.517% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/ikus060/rdiffweb/commit/6afaae56a29536f0118b3380d296c416aa6d078d
https://huntr.dev/bounties/3c48ef5d-da4d-4ee4-aaca-af65e7273720

History

Jul 16, 2025 1:45 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00257}`	epss `{'score': 0.00275}`

Apr 9, 2025 9:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Ikus-soft Rdiffweb

Weaknesses

CWE-75

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 9, 2025, 8:40 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: @huntrdev
Published: Dec 23, 2022, 12:00 AM
Updated: Apr 9, 2025, 8:40 PM
Reserved: Dec 23, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:48 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:48 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:21 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 27, 2022, 3:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:21 AM

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