What is CVE-2022-4245?

CVE-2022-4245 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codehaus-Plexus Plexus-Utils, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-09-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-4245?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-4245 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XPath Injection in Codehaus-Plexus Plexus-Utils

CVE-2022-4245

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.

EPSS: 0.007 (51.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4245?: CVE-2022-4245 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codehaus-Plexus Plexus-Utils, classified under XML Injection (Blind XPath Injection). CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-09-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-4245?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4245 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.