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Carbon RegistryApplication · Wso2

CVE-2022-4520

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-12-15
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 4.8.12 or later.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Public exploit Remotely reachable No privileges Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A vulnerability was found in WSO2 carbon-registry up to 4.8.11. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file components/registry/org.wso2.carbon.registry.search.ui/src/main/resources/web/search/advancedSearchForm-ajaxprocessor.jsp of the component Advanced Search. The manipulation of the argument mediaType/rightOp/leftOp/rightPropertyValue/leftPropertyValue leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 4.8.12 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 0c827cc1b14b82d8eb86117ab2e43c34bb91ddb4. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215900.

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NVD · CPE data
Carbon RegistryApplication
Affected:< 4.8.12

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

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

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dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 4.8.12 or later
Fixed in 4.8.12
Vendor patch github.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

4.8.12

  1. 1. Verify current WSO2 Carbon Registry version by checking the product manifest or configuration files
  2. 2. Create a complete backup of the current Carbon Registry installation including database and configurations
  3. 3. Download WSO2 Carbon Registry version 4.8.12 from the official WSO2 distribution repository
  4. 4. Stop the running Carbon Registry service
  5. 5. Replace the existing installation files with the new version 4.8.12 files
  6. 6. Restore any custom configurations from the backup to the new installation
  7. 7. Start the Carbon Registry service and verify successful startup
  8. 8. Test the Advanced Search functionality to confirm the XSS vulnerability is remediated

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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