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CVE-2022-38342

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-09-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

Safe Software FME Server v2021.2.5, v2022.0.0.2 and below was discovered to contain a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability which allows authenticated attackers to perform data exfiltration or Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) attacks.

Affected products

• Safe Fme Server: before 2021.2.6.0; from 2022.0.0.0 before 2022.0.0.2 — fixed in 2021.2.6.0, 2022.0.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Safe Fme Server 2021.2.6.0, 2022.0.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://community.safe.com/s/article/Known-Issue-FME-Server-XXE-vulnerability-via-adding-a-repository-item
• https://www.cycura.com/blog/safe-software-inc-fme-server-vulnerability-disclosure/
• https://community.safe.com/s/article/Known-Issue-FME-Server-XXE-vulnerability-via-adding-a-repository-item
• https://www.cycura.com/blog/safe-software-inc-fme-server-vulnerability-disclosure/

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