CVE-2022-1231 — Cross-site Scripting in Plantuml

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting5 documents5 sources
Severity
6.1MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 46.22%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
Plantuml PlantumlPlantumlDebian Plantuml+1 more
Timeline
PublishedApr 15
Latest updateMar 17

Description

XSS via Embedded SVG in SVG Diagram Format in GitHub repository plantuml/plantuml prior to 1.2022.4. Stored XSS in the context of the diagram embedder. Depending on the actual context, this ranges from stealing secrets to account hijacking or even to code execution for example in desktop applications. Web based applications are the ones most affected. Since the SVG format allows clickable links in diagrams, it is commonly used in plugins for web based projects (like the Confluence plugin, etc. s…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 2.7

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/plantuml< plantuml 1:1.2020.2+ds-6 (forky)
▶NVDplantuml/plantuml< 1.2022.4
▶CVEListV5plantuml/plantuml_plantumlunspecified — 1.2022.4
▶Debianplantuml/plantuml< 1:1.2020.2+ds-6+1

Also affects: Fedora 35, 36

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cpj6-8368-p538: XSS via Embedded SVG in SVG Diagram Format in GitHub repository plantuml/plantuml prior to 1↗2022-04-16
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OSV
CVE-2022-1231: XSS via Embedded SVG in SVG Diagram Format in GitHub repository plantuml/plantuml prior to 1↗2022-04-15
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Ubuntu
PlantUML vulnerability↗2025-03-17
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Debian
CVE-2022-1231: plantuml - XSS via Embedded SVG in SVG Diagram Format in GitHub repository plantuml/plantum...↗2022
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