CVE-2022-4245

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    CVE-2022-4245

    Published: 25 Sept 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    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.

    References: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/, https://access.redhat.com/jbossnetwork/restricted/listSoftware.html, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2135, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3906, https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4245, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/4xxx/CVE-2022-4245.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4245, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2149843

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -fd36d8b80ba10955ef065230571ce2be2d4c1bbb

    Affected versions

    plexus-utils-3.0.23
    plexus-utils-3.0.22
    plexus-utils-3.0.21
    plexus-utils-3.0.20
    plexus-utils-3.0.19
    plexus-utils-3.0.18
    plexus-utils-3.0.17
    plexus-utils-3.0.16
    plexus-utils-3.0.15
    plexus-utils-3.0.14
    plexus-utils-3.0.13
    plexus-utils-3.0.12
    plexus-utils-3.0.11
    plexus-utils-3.0.10
    plexus-utils-3.0.9
    plexus-utils-3.0.8
    plexus-utils-3.0.7
    plexus-utils-3.0.6
    plexus-utils-3.0.5
    plexus-utils-3.0.4
    plexus-utils-3.0.3
    plexus-utils-3.0.2
    plexus-utils-3.0.1
    plexus-utils-3.0

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    Integrity
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