CVE-2022-23463 json
SpEL Injection in Nepxion Discovery
published 4y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-q979-9m39-23mq , EUVD-2022-6910
- cvss
- 9.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 2.3%
- EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
Nepxion Discovery is a solution for Spring Cloud. Discover is vulnerable to SpEL Injection in discovery-commons. DiscoveryExpressionResolver’s eval method is evaluating expression with a StandardEvaluationContext, allowing the expression to reach and interact with Java classes such as java.lang.Runtime, leading to Remote Code Execution. There is no patch available for this issue at time of publication. There are no known workarounds.
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- Exploitation
- Proof of concept is public
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- total
- Assessed
- last yr.
Exploit prediction
2.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
Exploits and checks
- securitylab.github.com https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-033_GHSL-2022-034_Discovery/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 9.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L |
| NVD | 3.1 | 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| GitHub | 3.1 | 9.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | com.nepxion:discovery | <=6.16.2 |
no fix listed |
Affected products
- Nepxion Discover
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-917 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement
References
-
securitylab.github.com
/advisories/GHSL-2022-033_GHSL-2022-034_Discovery/
exploit, third-party-advisory
-
nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23463
advisory
-
github.com
/Nepxion/Discovery
package
-
securitylab.github.com
/advisories/GHSL-2022-033_GHSL-2022-034_Discovery
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-23463
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-q979-9m39-23mq
- NVD CVE-2022-23463
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