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CVE

CVE-2022-50899

Geonetwork 3.10 through 4.2.0 contains an XML external entity vulnerability in PDF rendering that allows attackers to retrieve arbitrary files from the server.
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CVE

CVE-2022-50899

Geonetwork 3.10 through 4.2.0 contains an XML external entity vulnerability in PDF rendering that allows attackers to retrieve arbitrary files from the server.

Geonetwork 3.10 through 4.2.0 contains an XML external entity vulnerability in PDF rendering that allows attackers to retrieve arbitrary files from the server. Attackers can exploit the insecure XML parser by crafting a malicious XML document with external entity references to read system files through the baseURL parameter in PDF creation requests.

Package Versions Affected

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
8.7
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4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
C
H
U
0
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3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
C
H
U
-

Related Resources

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References

https://geonetwork-opensource.org/, https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/geonetwork-xml-external-entity-xxe, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50982

Severity

6.5

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Ecosystem
Base CVSS
6.5
EPSS Probability
0.00054%
EPSS Percentile
0.16901%
Introduced Version
42bf1bb21e371007189ca90c9e2ff89efdb7af69
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