Medium

WSO2 carbon-registry Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 15.12.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:21

A vulnerability was found in WSO2 carbon-registry up to 4.8.11. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file components/registry/org.wso2.carbon.registry.search.ui/src/main/resources/web/search/advancedSearchForm-ajaxprocessor.jsp of the component Advanced Search. The manipulation of the argument mediaType/rightOp/leftOp/rightPropertyValue/leftPropertyValue leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 4.8.12 can address this issue. The name of the patch is 0c827cc1b14b82d8eb86117ab2e43c34bb91ddb4. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215900.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.wso2.carbon.registry:carbon-registry < 4.8.12 4.8.12

References

CVSS score 6.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.wso2.carbon.registry:carbon-registry
Disclosed
15.12.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 11:21

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-j34r-57xj-pfm5 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.wso2.carbon.registry:carbon-registry

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
3
First → latest
12.2022 12.2023
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Medium 3

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 2
  2. 2023: 1
  3. 2024: 0
  4. 2025: 0
  5. 2026: 0
  1. Medium · 4.8 CVE-2023-6911 < 4.7.37 4.7.37
  2. Medium · 6.1 CVE-2022-4521 < 4.8.7 4.8.7
  3. WSO2 carbon-registry Cross-site Scripting vulnerability this entry
    Medium · 6.1 CVE-2022-4520 < 4.8.12 4.8.12

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