CVE-2022-4721
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.005 · 44 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.5.5.
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-83pm-7v48-5jp4rdiffweb vulnerable to Special Element Injection2022-12-27ghsa · osvUS
In rdiffweb prior to 2.5.5, lack of sanitisation of characters in SSH key name could allow attacker to inject a hyperlink injection that could allow attacker to redirect victim to malicious websites.
- PYSEC-2022-430072022-12-27vendor · osvUS
Failure to Sanitize Special Elements into a Different Plane (Special Element Injection) in GitHub repository ikus060/rdiffweb prior to 2.5.5.
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references (8)
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- https://cxsecurity.com/cveshow/CVE-2022-4721/cnnvd
- https://github.com/ikus060/rdiffweb/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/ikus060/rdiffweb/commit/6afaae56a29536f0118b3380d296c416aa6d078dcnnvd
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/3c48ef5d-da4d-4ee4-aaca-af65e7273720cnnvd
- https://github.com/ikus060/rdiffweb/commit/6afaae56a29536f0118b3380d296c416aa6d078denisa_euvd
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/3c48ef5d-da4d-4ee4-aaca-af65e7273720enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/ikus060/rdiffweb/commit/6afaae56a29536f0118b3380d296c416aa6d078dPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
- https://huntr.dev/bounties/3c48ef5d-da4d-4ee4-aaca-af65e7273720ExploitPatchThird Party Advisorynvd
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