Vulnerability · Published Aug 1, 2022 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2022-31190Metadata of withdrawn Items is exposed to anonymous users in DSpace XMLUI

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity information exposure in DSpace from DSpace. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

DSpace open source software is a repository application which provides durable access to digital resources. dspace-xmlui is a UI component for DSpace. In affected versions metadata on a withdrawn Item is exposed via the XMLUI "mets.xml" object, as long as you know the handle/URL of the withdrawn Item. This vulnerability only impacts the XMLUI. Users are advised to upgrade to version 6.4 or newer.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Maven	org.dspace:dspace-xmlui	6.4	GHSA-7w85-pp86-p4pq

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
DSpace	DSpace	>= 4.0, < 6.4

Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

References

https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/security/advisories/GHSA-7w85-pp86-p4pq x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/2451 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/574e25496a40173653ae7d0a49a19ed8e3458606.patch x_refsource_MISC