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CVE-2022-24891

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-24891 describes a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the OWASP Enterprise Security API (ESAPI) prior to version 2.3.0.0, specifically affecting the "onsiteURL" regular expression in the antisamy-esapi.xml configuration file, which can lead to improper sanitization of "javascript:" URLs. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to low impact on confidentiality and integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:owasp:enterprise_security_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2.1.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server:12.2.1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.2.1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server:12.2.1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.1.1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server:14.1.1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:linux:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.4MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0163 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 26,234 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.owasp.esapi:esapiFixed in: 2.3.0.0
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libowasp-esapi-java (focal)Fixed in: 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libowasp-esapi-java (jammy)Fixed in: 2.2.3.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libowasp-esapi-java (noble)Fixed in: 2.4.0.0-2ubuntu0.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libowasp-esapi-java (xenial)Fixed in: 2.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libowasp-esapi-java (bionic)Fixed in: 2.1.0-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
github_advisoryworkaround availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

ubuntuUSN-8181-1

ESAPI vulnerabilities

Apr 16, 2026
mavenGHSA-q77q-vx4q-xx6qmedium

Cross-site Scripting in org.owasp.esapi:esapi

Apr 27, 2022

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00010.html
github.com / ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/esapi4java-core-2.3.0.0-release-notes.txt
Release Notes
github.com / ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/ESAPI-security-bulletin8.pdf
ExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
github.com / ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/security/advisories/GHSA-q77q-vx4q-xx6q
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20230127-0014
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
PatchThird Party Advisory