Openkm
CVE-2022-3969
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Secure temp file creation
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| Impact | CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the medium-severity affected system. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
A vulnerability was found in OpenKM up to 6.3.11 and classified as problematic. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-377. A vulnerability was found in OpenKM up to 6.3.11 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function getFileExtension of the file src/main/java/com/openkm/util/FileUtils.java. The manipulation leads to insecure temporary file. Upgrading to version 6.3.12 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is c069e4d73ab8864345c25119d8459495f45453e1. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-213548. Affected products include: Openkm. Version information: up to 6.3.11.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
A vulnerability was found in OpenKM up to 6.3.11 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function getFileExtension of the file src/main/java/com/openkm/util/FileUtils.java. The manipulation leads to insecure temporary file. Upgrading to version 6.3.12 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is c069e4d73ab8864345c25119d8459495f45453e1. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-213548.
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Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Remote code execution in OpenKM Community Edition (≤6.3.12) and Professional Edition (≤7.1.47) allows authenticated admi
Authenticated SQL injection in OpenKM Community Edition (≤6.3.12) and Professional Edition (≤7.1.47) lets administrative
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in servlet/admin/AuthServlet.java in OpenKM 5.1.7 and other versions bef
OpenKM 6.3.2 through 6.3.7 allows an attacker to upload a malicious JSP file into the /okm:root directories and move tha
Path traversal in OpenKM's administrative scripting interface exposes arbitrary server-side files to authenticated admin
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability was discovered in OpenKM Community Edition on or before version 6.3.12
A Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in OpenKM version 7.1.40 (dbb6e88) With Professional Extension
OpenKM Community Edition in its 6.3.10 version and before was using XMLReader parser in XMLTextExtractor.java file witho
admin/Auth in OpenKM 5.1.7 and other versions before 5.1.8-2 does not properly enforce privileges for changing user role
Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in OpenKM before 6.4.19 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary w
OpenKM Community Edition 6.3.12 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in the user account creation interfac
OpenKM 6.3.11 allows stored XSS related to the javascript: substring in an A element. Rated medium severity (CVSS
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