CVE-2022-40705 Apache SOAP: XML External Entity Injection (XXE) allows unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files via HTTP

2022-09-2208:15:16

CWE-611

apache

www.cve.org

cve-2022-40705

apache soap

xml external entity injection

unauthorized file read

http

rpcrouterservlet

maintainer unsupported

AI Score

7.8

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

38.6%

JSON

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

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Apache SOAP",
    "vendor": "Apache Software Foundation",
    "versions": [
      {
        "changes": [
          {
            "at": "2.2",
            "status": "unknown"
          }
        ],
        "lessThan": "Apache SOAP*",
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.2",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ]
  }
]