CVE-2023-22665

There is insufficient checking of user queries in Apache Jena versions 4.7.0 and earlier, when invoking custom scripts. It allows a remote user to execute arbitrary javascript via a SPARQL query.

Weakness

The product constructs all or part of an expression language (EL) statement in a framework such as a Java Server Page (JSP) using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended EL statement before it is executed.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

• If user-controlled data must be added to an expression interpreter, one or more of the following should be performed:

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/11/11
• https://lists.apache.org/thread/s0dmpsxcwqs57l4qfs415klkgmhdxq7s