Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-34269

HighPublic PoC

Published: 29 February 2024

Published
29 February 2024
Modified
16 April 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0333 87.6th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-34269 is a high-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Rws Worldserver. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 12.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

An issue was discovered in RWS WorldServer before 11.7.3. An authenticated, remote attacker can perform a ws-legacy/load_dtd?system_id= blind SSRF attack to deploy JSP code to the Apache Axis service running on the localhost interface, leading to command execution.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

rws
worldserver
≤ 11.7.3

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-918

Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.

addresses: CWE-918

Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.

addresses: CWE-918

Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.

addresses: CWE-918

Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.

References