usn-8181-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-04-16 17:56
Modified
2026-06-25 10:47
Summary
libowasp-esapi-java vulnerabilities
Details
Jaroslav Lobačevski discovered that ESAPI incorrectly validated directory paths during path verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass directory validation checks, leading to control-flow bypass. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-23457)
Kevin W. Wall and Sebastian Passaro discovered that ESAPI did not properly sanitize javascript URLs because of an incorrect regular expression. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cross-site scripting attack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-24891)
Longlong Gong discovered that ESAPI did not properly neutralize special elements during SQL injection defense. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform SQL injection. (CVE-2025-5878)
References
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"details": "Jaroslav Loba\u010devski discovered that ESAPI incorrectly validated directory\npaths during path verification. An attacker could possibly use this issue\nto bypass directory validation checks, leading to control-flow bypass. This\nissue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS,\nand Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-23457)\n\nKevin W. Wall and Sebastian Passaro discovered that ESAPI did not properly\nsanitize javascript URLs because of an incorrect regular expression. An\nattacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cross-site scripting\nattack. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu\n20.04 LTS, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. (CVE-2022-24891)\n\nLonglong Gong discovered that ESAPI did not properly neutralize special\nelements during SQL injection defense. A remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to perform SQL injection. (CVE-2025-5878)",
"id": "USN-8181-1",
"modified": "2026-06-25T10:47:38Z",
"published": "2026-04-16T17:56:26Z",
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}
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