CVE-2022-24891 (GCVE-0-2022-24891)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-27 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 19:26
VLAI?
Title
Cross-site Scripting in org.owasp.esapi:esapi -- antisamy-esapi.xml configuration file
Summary
ESAPI (The OWASP Enterprise Security API) is a free, open source, web application security control library. Prior to version 2.3.0.0, there is a potential for a cross-site scripting vulnerability in ESAPI caused by a incorrect regular expression for "onsiteURL" in the **antisamy-esapi.xml** configuration file that can cause "javascript:" URLs to fail to be correctly sanitized. This issue is patched in ESAPI 2.3.0.0. As a workaround, manually edit the **antisamy-esapi.xml** configuration files to change the "onsiteURL" regular expression. More information about remediation of the vulnerability, including the workaround, is available in the maintainers' release notes and security bulletin.
Severity ?
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
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References
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Vendor Product Version
ESAPI esapi-java-legacy Affected: <= 2.2.3.1
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