{"id":"CVE-2022-4245","aliases":["GHSA-jcwr-x25h-x5fh"],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4245","summary":"Codehaus-plexus: xml external entity (xxe) injection","details":"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.","published":"2023-09-25T19:20:57.329Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:56.156866380Z","cvss":{"score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"epss":{"score":0.00694,"percentile":0.49884,"asOf":"2026-08-23"},"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":0,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils","fixedVersion":"3.0.24"}],"fix":{"url":"https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/commit/f933e5e78dc2637e485447ed821fe14904f110de","label":"codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils@f933e5e"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2135"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3906"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4245"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/4xxx/CVE-2022-4245.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4245"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2149843"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/issues/3"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils/commit/f933e5e78dc2637e485447ed821fe14904f110de"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/codehaus-plexus/plexus-utils"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGCODEHAUSPLEXUS-461102"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2026-10-28T02:30:56.156866380Z"}}