CVE-2022-32533 Apache Portals Jetspeed XSS, CSRF, SSRF, and XXE issues

What is CVE-2022-32533?

CVE-2022-32533 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in Apache Portals, published on 6 Jul 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Apache Jetspeed-2 does not sufficiently filter untrusted user input by default leading to a number of issues including XSS, CSRF, XXE, and SSRF. Setting the configuration option "xss.filter.post = true" may mitigate these issues. NOTE: Apache Jetspeed is a dormant project of Apache Portals and no updates will be provided for this issue

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-32533?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.apache.portals.jetspeed-2:jetspeed-commons. It affects 1 product.

Products include Apache Jetspeed.

How do I fix CVE-2022-32533?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-32533 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-32533 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-32533 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apache Portals

• CVE-2016-0710 Apache Jetspeed vulnerable to SQL Injection High 8.8
• CVE-2016-2171 Missing authorization in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2016-0709 Path Traversal in Apache Jetspeed High 7.2
• CVE-2016-0711 Apache Jetspeed vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting Medium 6.1
• CVE-2016-0712 Cross-site Scripting in Apache Jetspeed Medium 6.1

Sources

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

Also known as GHSA-h975-r69h-4w9p.