CVE-2022-4245
Codehaus-plexus: xml external entity (xxe) injection
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.69% · top 47% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
Red Hat · RHINT Camel-K-1.10.1
All versions: unaffected
All versions: unaffected
All versions: affected
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat build of Quarkus
All versions: affected
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Decision Manager 7
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Integration Change Data Capture
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Integration Service Registry
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 7
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion Pack
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat JBoss Fuse 7
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3
All versions: unknown
Red Hat · Red Hat JBoss Web Server 5
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Application Runtimes
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Process Automation 7
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Single Sign-On 7
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Software Collections
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Software Collections
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Software Collections
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Software Collections
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Software Collections
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Software Collections
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Software Collections
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Software Collections
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Software Collections
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Software Collections
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Software Collections
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat Software Collections
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat support for Spring Boot
All versions: affected
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utilsGHSA-jcwr-x25h-x5fh (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- RHSA-2023:2135 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2023:3906 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4245 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHBZ#2149843 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-jcwr-x25h-x5fh (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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