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USN-8181-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23457)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-04-16 17:56 – Updated: 2026-06-25 10:47 – Source website

Summary

libowasp-esapi-java vulnerabilities

Details

Jaroslav Lobačevski discovered that ESAPI incorrectly validated directory paths during path verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass directory validation checks, leading to control-flow bypass. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-23457)

Kevin W. Wall and Sebastian Passaro discovered that ESAPI did not properly sanitize javascript URLs because of an incorrect regular expression. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cross-site scripting attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-24891)

Longlong Gong discovered that ESAPI did not properly neutralize special elements during SQL injection defense. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform SQL injection. (CVE-2025-5878)

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8181-1	ADVISORY
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23457	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-24891	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-5878	REPORT

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  "modified": "2026-06-25T10:47:38Z",
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UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23457 (CVE-2022-23457)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2022-04-25 20:15 – Updated: 2026-04-17 09:00 – Source website

Details

ESAPI (The OWASP Enterprise Security API) is a free, open source, web application security control library. Prior to version 2.3.0.0, the default implementation of Validator.getValidDirectoryPath(String, String, File, boolean) may incorrectly treat the tested input string as a child of the specified parent directory. This potentially could allow control-flow bypass checks to be defeated if an attack can specify the entire string representing the 'input' path. This vulnerability is patched in release 2.3.0.0 of ESAPI. As a workaround, it is possible to write one's own implementation of the Validator interface. However, maintainers do not recommend this.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

9.8 (Critical)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)

low

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23457	REPORT
	https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-20…	REPORT
	https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/securi…	REPORT
	https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/d…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23457	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8181-1	ADVISORY

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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2022-23457"
  ]
}

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24891 (CVE-2022-24891)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2022-04-27 21:15 – Updated: 2026-04-17 09:00 – Source website

Details

ESAPI (The OWASP Enterprise Security API) is a free, open source, web application security control library. Prior to version 2.3.0.0, there is a potential for a cross-site scripting vulnerability in ESAPI caused by a incorrect regular expression for "onsiteURL" in the antisamy-esapi.xml configuration file that can cause "javascript:" URLs to fail to be correctly sanitized. This issue is patched in ESAPI 2.3.0.0. As a workaround, manually edit the antisamy-esapi.xml configuration files to change the "onsiteURL" regular expression. More information about remediation of the vulnerability, including the workaround, is available in the maintainers' release notes and security bulletin.

Severity

5.4 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

6.1 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-24891	REPORT
	https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/securi…	REPORT
	https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/d…	REPORT
	https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/d…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24891	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8181-1	ADVISORY

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UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5878 (CVE-2025-5878)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2025-06-29 12:15 – Updated: 2026-05-20 15:15 – Source website

Details

A vulnerability was found in ESAPI esapi-java-legacy and classified as problematic. This issue affects the interface Encoder.encodeForSQL of the SQL Injection Defense. An attack leads to an improper neutralization of special elements. The attack may be initiated remotely and an exploit has been disclosed to the public. The project was contacted early about this issue and handled it with an exceptional level of professionalism. Upgrading to version 2.7.0.0 is able to address this issue. Commit ID f75ac2c2647a81d2cfbdc9c899f8719c240ed512 is disabling the feature by default and any attempt to use it will trigger a warning. And commit ID e2322914304d9b1c52523ff24be495b7832f6a56 is updating the misleading Java class documentation to warn about the risks.

Severity

7.3 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

5.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-5878	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5878	REPORT
	https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/commit…	REPORT
	https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/commit…	REPORT
	https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8181-1	ADVISORY

JSON

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