5.3

CVE-2022-2838: eclipse sphinx

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
Published 16-08-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-2838 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in eclipse sphinx. EPSS estimates a 0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.55%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 16-08-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Eclipse Sphinx™ before version 0.13.1, Apache Xerces XML Parser was used without disabling processing of referenced external entities allowing the injection of arbitrary definitions which is able to access local files and expose their contents via HTTP requests.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.55%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

45%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.54% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.55%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Eclipse1 product
The eclipse foundation1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

1 links