GHSA-q77q-vx4q-xx6q
Cross-site Scripting in org.owasp.esapi:esapi
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2022-24891
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
### Impact There is a potential for an XSS vulnerability in ESAPI caused by a incorrect regular expression for "onsiteURL" in the **antisamy-esapi.xml** configuration file that can cause URLs with the "javascript:" scheme to NOT be sanitized. See the reference below for full details. ### Patches Patched in ESAPI 2.3.0.0 and later. See important remediation details in the reference given below. ### Workarounds Manually edit your **antisamy-esapi.xml** configuration files to change the "onsiteURL" regular expression as per remediation instructions in the reference below. ### References [Security Bulletin 8](https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/ESAPI-security-bulletin8.pdf) ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Email one of the project co-leaders. See email addresses listed on the [OWASP ESAPI wiki](https://owasp.org/www-project-enterprise-security-api/) page, under "Leaders". * Send email to one of the two ESAPI related Google Groups listed under [Where to Find More Information on ESAPI](https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy#where-to-find-more-information-on-esapi) on our [README.md](https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy#readme) page.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Maven · org.owasp.esapi:esapi | introduced 0, fixed 2.3.0.0 |
References
- https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/security/advisories/GHSA-q77q-vx4q-xx6q WEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24891 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy PACKAGE
- https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/ESAPI-security-bulletin8.pdf WEB
- https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/esapi4java-core-2.3.0.0-release-notes.txt WEB
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00010.html WEB
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230127-0014 WEB
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |