MediumFix available
plexus-utils2 — security advisory
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.
- Products
- plexus-utils2
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.0.24-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-4245
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 15:22 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4245
plexus-utils2
Fixed versions: 3.0.24-1
plexus-utils2
Fixed versions: 3.0.24-1
plexus-utils2
Fixed versions: 3.0.24-1
Complete source record
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