CVE-2019-7722

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 8.1

Description

PMD 5.8.1 and earlier processes XML external entities in ruleset files it parses as part of the analysis process, allowing attackers tampering it (either by direct modification or MITM attacks when using remote rulesets) to perform information disclosure, denial of service, or request forgery attacks. (PMD 6.x is unaffected because of a 2017-09-15 change.)

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2019-7722

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2019-02-11T14:29:00

Last Modified Date
2019-02-21T15:01:03

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-611	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:pmd_project:pmd::::::::	1	OR		5.8.1

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
PARTIAL

Base Score
6.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
6.4

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.0

Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
HIGH

Base Score
8.1

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
2.2

Impact Score
5.9

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/pmd/pmd/issues/1650	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7722
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-7722

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:58:26				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-03 17:18:33	2019-02-11T14:29Z	2019-02-11T14:29:00	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-03 17:18:33		2019-02-21T15:01:03	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-03 17:18:33		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated