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

github.com

cve-2022

apache soap

xml external entity injection

rpcrouterservlet

unauthenticated users

arbitrary files

http

vulnerability

unsupported products

AI Score

6.8

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

38.6%

SSVC

Exploitation

none

Automatable

yes

Technical Impact

partial

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

ADP Affected

[
  {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:apache:soap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "vendor": "apache",
    "product": "soap",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "2.2",
        "lessThan": "*",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unknown"
  }
]