Plantuml
CVE-2022-1379
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V4 - API and Web Service URL allowlisting, SSRF prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Credential Access The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could make the server perform requests to unintended internal or external resources by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
URL Restriction Bypass in GitHub repository plantuml/plantuml prior to V1.2022.5. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Validate and allowlist destination URLs, block requests to internal networks, use network segmentation.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CWE-918), which allows attackers to make the server perform requests to unintended internal or external resources. URL Restriction Bypass in GitHub repository plantuml/plantuml prior to V1.2022.5. An attacker can abuse this to bypass URL restrictions that are imposed by the different security profiles and achieve server side request forgery (SSRF). This allows accessing restricted internal resources/servers or sending requests to third party servers. Affected products include: Plantuml, Fedoraproject Fedora.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
URL Restriction Bypass in GitHub repository plantuml/plantuml prior to V1.2022.5. An attacker can abuse this to bypass URL restrictions that are imposed by the different security profiles and achieve server side request forgery (SSRF). This allows accessing restricted internal resources/servers or sending requests to third party servers.
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Server-Side Request Forgery exploits applications that fetch remote resources based on user-supplied URLs.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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Improper Access Control in GitHub repository plantuml/plantuml prior to 1.2023.9. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this
PlantUML versions before 1.2026.0 fail to properly sanitize interactive attributes in GraphViz diagrams, allowing attack
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