CVE-2022-4244
Published: 25 September 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-4244 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Codehaus-Plexus Plexus-Utils. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 46.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2023-2502
Vulnerability details
A flaw was found in codeplex-codehaus. A directory traversal attack (also known as path traversal) aims to access files and directories stored outside the intended folder. By manipulating files with "dot-dot-slash (../)" sequences and their variations or by using absolute…
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file paths, it may be possible to access arbitrary files and directories stored on the file system, including application source code, configuration, and other critical system files.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.