CVE-2022-31190 Metadata of withdrawn Items is exposed to anonymous users in DSpace XMLUI

What is CVE-2022-31190?

CVE-2022-31190 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-xmlui is a UI component for DSpace. In affected versions metadata on a withdrawn Item is exposed via the XMLUI "mets.xml" object, as long as you know the handle/URL of the withdrawn Item. This vulnerability only impacts the XMLUI. Users are advised to upgrade to version 6.4 or newer.

Weakness: CWE-863, CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-31190?

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

Products include Duraspace Dspace.

How do I fix CVE-2022-31190?

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

Is CVE-2022-31190 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-31190 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-7w85-pp86-p4pq.