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Rewterz Threat Advisory – Multiple Apache Cocoon Vulnerabilities

Severity

High

Analysis Summary

CVE-2023-49733 CVSS:7.5

Apache Cocoon could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by improper handling of XML external entity (XXE) declarations by the StreamGenerator function. By using specially crafted XML content, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files on the server.

CVE-2023-45135 CVSS:6.5

Apache Cocoon is vulnerable to SQL injection. A remote attacker could send specially-crafted SQL statements to the DatabaseCookieAuthenticatorAction, which could allow the attacker to view, add, modify or delete information in the back-end database.

Impact

  • Information Disclosure
  • Data Manipulation

Indicators Of Compromise

CVE

  • CVE-2023-49733
  • CVE-2023-45135

Affected Vendors

Apache

Affected Products

  • Apache Cocoon 2.2

Remediation

Upgrade to the latest version of Apache Cocoon, available from the Apache Website.

Apache Website

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