{"id":"CVE-2022-24891","aliases":["GHSA-q77q-vx4q-xx6q"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24891","summary":"Cross-site Scripting in org.owasp.esapi:esapi -- antisamy-esapi.xml configuration file","details":"### Impact\nThere is a potential for an XSS vulnerability in ESAPI caused by a incorrect regular expression for \"onsiteURL\" in the **antisamy-esapi.xml** configuration file that can cause URLs with the \"javascript:\" scheme to NOT be sanitized. See the reference below for full details.\n\n### Patches\nPatched in ESAPI 2.3.0.0 and later. See important remediation details in the reference given below.\n\n### Workarounds\nManually edit your **antisamy-esapi.xml** configuration files to change the \"onsiteURL\" regular expression as per remediation instructions in the reference below.\n\n### References\n[Security Bulletin 8](https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/ESAPI-security-bulletin8.pdf)\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Email one of the project co-leaders. See email addresses listed on  the [OWASP ESAPI wiki](https://owasp.org/www-project-enterprise-security-api/) page, under \"Leaders\".\n* Send email to one of the two ESAPI related Google Groups listed under [Where to Find More Information on ESAPI](https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy#where-to-find-more-information-on-esapi) on our [README.md](https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy#readme) page.","published":"2022-04-27T00:00:00Z","modified":"2026-08-12T03:51:11.823885067Z","cvss":{"score":5.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"epss":{"score":0.01752,"percentile":0.75847,"asOf":"2026-08-23"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":1,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.owasp.esapi:esapi","fixedVersion":"2.3.0.0"}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/ESAPI-security-bulletin8.pdf"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/esapi4java-core-2.3.0.0-release-notes.txt"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00010.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/24xxx/CVE-2022-24891.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/security/advisories/GHSA-q77q-vx4q-xx6q"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24891"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0014/"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0014"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-08-12T03:51:11.823885067Z"}}