Codehaus-plexus: xml external entity (xxe) injection
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.
- Published
- Sep 25, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.7% · 51th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-91
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Action score
17
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.7%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 4.3
- CNA · redhat
- 4.3
- agree
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Noroxi analysis
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| codehaus-plexus | plexus-utils | cpe:2.3:a:codehaus-plexus:plexus-utils |
| redhat | integration camel k | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:integration_camel_k |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- codehaus-plexus plexus-utilsbefore 3.0.24
- redhat integration camel kbefore 1.10.1
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (redhat). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Red Hat A-MQ Clients 2
- all versionsaffected
Red Hat Red Hat A-MQ Online
- all versionsaffected
Red Hat Red Hat build of Apache Camel for Spring Boot
- all versionsaffected
Red Hat Red Hat build of Quarkus
- all versionsaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Data Grid 8
- all versionsaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Decision Manager 7
- all versionsunknown
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- all versionsunknown
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- all versionsunknown
- all versionsunknown
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- all versionsunknown
- all versionsunknown
Red Hat Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus
- all versionsaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Integration Change Data Capture
- all versionsaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Integration Service Registry
- all versionsaffected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | plexus-utils2 | before 3.0.24-1 | 3.0.24-1 |
| Maven | org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils | before 3.0.24 | 3.0.24 |
Same product
codehaus-plexus: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2017-1000487Plexus-utils before 3.0.16 is vulnerable to command injection because it does not correctly process the contents of double quoted strings.41Plan
- CVE-2025-67030Directory Traversal vulnerability in the extractFile method of org.codehaus.plexus.util.Expand in plexus-utils before 6d780b3378829318ba5c2d35Monitor
- CVE-2022-4244Codehaus-plexus: directory traversal30Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| debian:plexus-utils2 | 3.0.24-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Maven:org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils | 3.0.24 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-91 · XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:2135
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:3906
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-4245
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2149843
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.