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Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')

CVE-2023-22665

Medium
5.4/10

Summary

There is insufficient checking of user queries in Apache Jena versions prior to 4.8.0, when invoking custom scripts. It allows a remote user to execute arbitrary javascript via a SPARQL query.

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CWE-917 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an Expression Language Statement ('Expression Language Injection')

The software 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.

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