CVE-2022-40705

Summary

CVECVE-2022-40705
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-09-22 09:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:52:00 UTC
Description** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** An Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in RPCRouterServlet of Apache SOAP allows an attacker to read arbitrary files over HTTP. This issue affects Apache SOAP version 2.2 and later versions. It is unknown whether previous versions are also affected. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-611

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Simple Object Access Protocol All All All All
Application Apache Soap All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
lists.apache.org/thread/02yo04w93rdjmllz4454lvodn5xzhwhl MISC lists.apache.org
oss-security - CVE-2022-40705: Apache SOAP: XML External Entity Injection (XXE) allows unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files via HTTP MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Apache would like to thank TsungShu Chiu (CHT Security) for reporting this issue

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