Name: CVE-2022-4245: XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2023-09-25T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2022-4245, CWE-91, CWE-611, CVSS 4.3, EPSS 0.00694

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 Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.3
CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade plexus-utils2	Jul 30, 2024	Sep 25, 2023
Redhat_linux	—	No solution exists	Jul 9, 2025	Sep 25, 2023

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CVSS Details

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