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.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2022-4245)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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. (CVE-2022-4245)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
252571	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-4245	Nessus	Misc.	medium
416302	SCA: security update for org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils (GHSA-jcwr-x25h-x5fh)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
416302	SCA: security update for org.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils (GHSA-jcwr-x25h-x5fh)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2022-4245

medium

Tenable Plugins

medium

medium

medium