CVE-2022-31189 "Internal System Error" page in DSpace JSPUI prints exceptions and stack traces without sanitization

What is CVE-2022-31189?

CVE-2022-31189 is a medium-severity vulnerability in DSpace, published on 1 Aug 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

DSpace open source software is a repository application which provides durable access to digital resources. dspace-jspui is a UI component for DSpace. When an "Internal System Error" occurs in the JSPUI, then entire exception (including stack trace) is available. Information in this stacktrace may be useful to an attacker in launching a more sophisticated attack. This vulnerability only impacts the JSPUI. This issue has been fixed in version 6.4. users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should disable the display of error messages in their internal.jsp file.

Weakness: CWE-209

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31189?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.dspace:dspace-jspui. It affects 1 product.

Products include Duraspace Dspace.

How do I fix CVE-2022-31189?

Upgrade org.dspace:dspace-jspui to 6.4 or later.

Is CVE-2022-31189 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31189 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in DSpace

• CVE-2022-31194 Path traversal vulnerabilities in DSpace JSPUI submission upload High 8.2
• CVE-2016-10726 High severity vulnerability that affects org.dspace:dspace-xmlui High 7.5
• CVE-2022-31195 Path traversal vulnerability in Simple Archive Format package import in DSpace High 7.2
• CVE-2021-41189 Communities and collections administrators can escalate their privilege up to system administrator High 7.2
• CVE-2022-31191 Cross Site Scripting possible in DSpace JSPUI spellcheck and autocomplete tools High 7.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-c2j7-66m3-r4ff.