CVE-2021-28398
moderate-risk
Published 2022-09-05
A privileged attacker in GeoNetwork before 3.12.0 and 4.x before 4.0.4 can use the directory harvester before-script to execute arbitrary OS commands remotely on the hosting infrastructure. A User Administrator or Administrator account is required to perform this. This occurs in the runBeforeScript method in harvesters/src/main/java/org/fao/geonet/kernel/harvest/harvester/localfilesystem/LocalFilesystemHarvester.java. The earliest affected version is 3.4.0.
Do I need to act?
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1.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.2/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (3)
Affected Vendors
References (8)
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/geonetwork/core-geonetwork
38
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
26/34 · High
Exploitability
3/34 · Minimal
Exposure
9/34 · Low