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CVE-2023-28158: Apache Archiva privilege escalation

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-03-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Privilege escalation via stored XSS using the file upload service to upload malicious content. The issue can be exploited only by authenticated users which can create directory name to inject some XSS content and gain some privileges such admin user.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Archiva: from 2.0 before 2.2.10 — fixed in 2.2.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Apache Software Foundation Apache Archiva 2.2.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/2
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/8pm6d5y9cptznm0bdny3n8voovmm0dtt
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/18/2
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/8pm6d5y9cptznm0bdny3n8voovmm0dtt

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