High severity · published Aug 1, 2022
CVE-2022-31194
Path traversal vulnerabilities in DSpace JSPUI submission upload
7.2
CVSS
1.5%
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. The JSPUI resumable upload implementations in SubmissionController and FileUploadRequest are vulnerable to multiple path traversal attacks, allowing an attacker to create files/directories anywhere on the server writable by the Tomcat/DSpace user, by modifying some request parameters during submission. This path traversal can only be executed by a user with special privileges (submitter rights). This vulnerability only impacts the JSPUI. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds. However, this vulnerability cannot be exploited by an anonymous user or a basic user. The user must first have submitter privileges to at least one Collection and be able to determine how to modify the request parameters to exploit the vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DS
DSpace · DSpace
>= 6.0, < 6.4; >= 4.0, < 5.11 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31194
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-31194
Patch
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/7569c6374aefeafb996e202cf8d631020eda5f24
Patch
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/d1dd7d23329ef055069759df15cfa200c8e3
Patch
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/security/advisories/GHSA-qp5m-c3m9-8q2p
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