IBM Aspera Console 3.4.0-3.4.4 Auth XPath Injection
CVE-2022-43840 Published on April 14, 2025
IBM Aspera Console XPath injection
IBM Aspera Console 3.4.0 through 3.4.4
is vulnerable to an XPath injection vulnerability, which could allow an authenticated attacker to exfiltrate sensitive application data and/or determine the structure of the XML document.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-43840 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a small impact on confidentiality, a small impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
What is a XPath Injection Vulnerability?
The software uses external input to dynamically construct an XPath expression used to retrieve data from an XML database, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes that input. This allows an attacker to control the structure of the query. The net effect is that the attacker will have control over the information selected from the XML database and may use that ability to control application flow, modify logic, retrieve unauthorized data, or bypass important checks (e.g. authentication).
CVE-2022-43840 has been classified to as a XPath Injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-43840
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Affected Versions
IBM Aspera Console:- Version 3.4.0, <= 3.4.4 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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