Medium severity · published Aug 1, 2022
CVE-2022-31189
"Internal System Error" page in DSpace JSPUI prints exceptions and stack traces without sanitization
5.3
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
DSpace open source software is a repository application which provides durable access to digital resources. dspace-jspui is a UI component for DSpace. When an "Internal System Error" occurs in the JSPUI, then entire exception (including stack trace) is available. Information in this stacktrace may be useful to an attacker in launching a more sophisticated attack. This vulnerability only impacts the JSPUI. This issue has been fixed in version 6.4. users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable the display of error messages in their internal.jsp file.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DS
DSpace · DSpace
>= 4.0, < 6.4 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31189
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31189
Patch
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/afcc6c3389729b85d5c7b0230cbf9aaf7452f31a
Patch
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/security/advisories/GHSA-c2j7-66m3-r4ff
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