01 Record
CVE-2022-50899
Geonetwork 4.2.0 - XML External Entity (XXE)
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: VulnCheck
CNA base score8.7 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
Geonetwork 4.2.0 - XML External Entity (XXE)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.7 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-01-13 22:51Z9 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-05-14 02:07Z5 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-01-10
- Assigning CNA
- VulnCheck
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- d96ff03d73b7b5f0d0eecb7de3b06bb4a09894887482b501d7921dc3ef8e2970
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.exploit-db.comExploitDB-50982https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50982
- geonetwork-opensource.orgGeoNetwork Official Homepagehttps://geonetwork-opensource.org/
- www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: Geonetwork 4.2.0 - XML External Entity (XXE)https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/geonetwork-xml-external-entity-xxe