Medium severity · published Aug 1, 2022
CVE-2022-31190
Metadata of withdrawn Items is exposed to anonymous users in DSpace XMLUI
5.3
CVSS
0.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
DSpace open source software is a repository application which provides durable access to digital resources. dspace-xmlui is a UI component for DSpace. In affected versions metadata on a withdrawn Item is exposed via the XMLUI "mets.xml" object, as long as you know the handle/URL of the withdrawn Item. This vulnerability only impacts the XMLUI. Users are advised to upgrade to version 6.4 or newer.
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)0.9% · higher than 60% 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-2022-31190
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31190
Patch
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/574e25496a40173653ae7d0a49a19ed8e3458606.patch
Patch
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/2451
Patch
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/security/advisories/GHSA-7w85-pp86-p4pq
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