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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.7 High

CVE-2022-50899

Geonetwork 4.2.0 - XML External Entity (XXE)

Description

Geonetwork 3.10 through 4.2.0 contains an XML external entity vulnerability in PDF rendering that allows attackers to retrieve arbitrary files from the server. Attackers can exploit the insecure XML parser by crafting a malicious XML document with external entity references to read system files through the baseURL parameter in PDF creation requests.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

GeoNetwork GeoNetwork

  • 3.10 to ≤ 4.2.0affected

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