Xxl Job
CVE-2022-40929
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization OS command sanitization, avoid shell exec
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (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 execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
XXL-JOB 2.2.0 has a Command execution vulnerability in background tasks. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in maven
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. XXL-JOB 2.2.0 has a Command execution vulnerability in background tasks. NOTE: this is disputed because the issues/4929 report is about an intended and supported use case (running arbitrary Bash scripts on behalf of users). Affected products include: Xuxueli Xxl-Job.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
XXL-JOB 2.2.0 has a Command execution vulnerability in background tasks. NOTE: this is disputed because the issues/4929 report is about an intended and supported use case (running arbitrary Bash scripts on behalf of users).
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Attack Technique
OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Xuxueli xxl-job up to 2.4.1. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8),
A lateral privilege escalation vulnerability in XXL-Job v2.4.1 allows users to execute arbitrary commands on another use
Insecure Permissions vulnerability in xxl-job v.2.4.1 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the Sub-Tas
xxl-job =< 2.4.1 has a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability, which causes low-privileged users to control ex
xxl-job-admin 2.4.0 is vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via /xxl-job-admin/jobcode/save. Rated high severity (C
XXL-Job before v2.3.1 contains a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via the component /admin/controller/JobLogController
A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in XXL-Job v2.3.0 allows attackers to arbitrarily create administrator accounts via
Permissions vulnerabiltiy found in Xuxueli xxl-job v2.2.0, v 2.3.0 and v.2.3.1 allows attacker to obtain sensitive infor
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in XXL-JOB 2.3.1. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5),
This affects all versions of the package com.xuxueli:xxl-job. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.1), this vulnerability is re
XXL-JOB 2.2.0 allows Stored XSS (in Add User) to bypass the 20-character limit via xxl-job-admin/src/main/java/com/xxl/j
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in xxl-job v2.2.0 allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web scr
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