CVE-2022-2838 is a medium-severity XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability affecting Eclipse Sphinx versions prior to 0.13.1. It arises from the Apache Xerces XML Parser not disabling external entity processing, allowing attackers to inject arbitrary definitions to access local files and expose their contents via HTTP requests. The CVSS score is 5.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N), indicating network-based exploitation with low attack complexity and potential for data confidentiality compromise. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.7.0, < 0.13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:sphinx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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