CVE-2022-4245 Codehaus-plexus: xml external entity (xxe) injection
An attacker can inject XML via unsanitized comments in Plexus XML utilities, potentially reading sensitive data or causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-4245?
CVE-2022-4245 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat A-MQ Clients 2, published on 25 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4245?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils Maven | All versions | 3.0.24 |
org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils Maven | All versions | 3.0.24 |
Products include Codehaus-Plexus Plexus-Utils, Redhat Integration Camel K.
How do I fix CVE-2022-4245?
Upgrade org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils to 3.0.24 or later.
Is CVE-2022-4245 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4245 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Red Hat A-MQ Clients 2
Sources
Also known as CLSA-2026-1791965617, CLSA-2026-1791965620, CLSA-2026-1791965626, CLSA-2026-1791965636, CLSA-2026-1791965637, CLSA-2026-1793136969 and 6 more.