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CVE-2022-4245

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-4245 describes an XML injection vulnerability in codehaus-plexus, specifically within the XmlWriterUtil#writeComment function, affecting products like plexus-utils and Red Hat Integration Camel K. This flaw allows an attacker to insert malicious XML into comments due to improper sanitization of the "-->" sequence. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.3), it requires low privileges and network access, potentially leading to information disclosure. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.0.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:codehaus-plexus:plexus-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:integration_camel_k:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0069 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 21,924 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (23)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utilsFixed in: 3.0.24
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHPAM 7.13.1 async
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHINT Camel-K-1.10.1Fixed in: codehaus-plexus
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot 3Fixed in: codehaus-plexus
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform Expansion PackFixed in: codehaus-plexus
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2Fixed in: codehaus-plexus
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of QuarkusFixed in: codehaus-plexus
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Process Automation 7Fixed in: codehaus-plexus
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-maven36-byte-buddy
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-maven36-maven-assembly-plugin
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-maven36-maven-compiler-plugin
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-maven36-maven-plugin-bundle
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-maven36-maven-shade-plugin
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-maven36-maven-source-plugin
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-maven36-maven-surefire
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat support for Spring BootFixed in: codehaus-plexus
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: A-MQ Clients 2Fixed in: codehaus-plexus
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat AMQ Broker 7Fixed in: codehaus-plexus
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat build of Debezium 1Fixed in: codehaus-plexus
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Data Grid 8Fixed in: codehaus-plexus
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7Fixed in: codehaus-plexus
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 1Fixed in: codehaus-plexus
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7Fixed in: org.codehaus.plexus-plexus-utils

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-jcwr-x25h-x5fhmedium

codehaus-plexus vulnerable to XML injection

Sep 25, 2023
redhatCVE-2022-4245Moderate

codehaus-plexus: XML External Entity (XXE) Injection

Dec 1, 2022

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2023:2135
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2023:3906
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2022-4245
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory