Medium severity · published Sep 25, 2023
CVE-2022-4245
A flaw was found in codehaus-plexus
4.3
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IC
Integration Camel K · Redhat
before 1.10.1 · source: NVD
PL
Plexus-utils · Codehaus-plexus
before 3.0.24 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4245
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4245
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2135
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3906
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4245
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2149843
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