CVE-2022-50899
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.006 · 46 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–8.7
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affected products (2)
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references (11)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2022-50899cnnvd
- https://geonetwork-opensource.org/cnnvd
- https://geonetwork-opensource.org/downloads.htmlPatchcnnvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50982cnnvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/geonetwork-xml-external-entity-xxecnnvd
- https://geonetwork-opensource.org/enisa_euvd
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50982enisa_euvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/geonetwork-xml-external-entity-xxeenisa_euvd
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