CVE-2022-4245

MEDIUM

plexus-utils < 3.0.24 - XML External Entity Injection via Unsanitized Comment Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2135
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3906
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4245
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory issue-tracking x_refsource_redhat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2149843

Scores

CVSS v3 4.3
EPSS 0.0069
EPSS Percentile 47.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-611 CWE-91
Status published
Products (3)
codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils < 3.0.24
org.codehaus.plexus/plexus-utils 0 - 3.0.24Maven
redhat/integration_camel_k < 1.10.1
Published Sep 25, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026