CVE-2022-45135Network attack vector

Authentication-query manipulation via interpolated cookie values

Published Nov 30, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025

SQL injection in Apache Cocoon 2.2.0 through 2.2.x allows remote attackers to change database queries via crafted cookie values. DatabaseCookieAuthenticatorAction concatenates each authentication cookie value into a quoted WHERE clause and executes the assembled SQL with Statement. The action must be configured for cookie-based database authentication, after which unauthenticated input reaches the database with the application's privileges.

CVSS severity9.8
Critical
EPSS probability1.10%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

SQL injection in Apache Cocoon 2.2.0 through 2.2.x allows remote attackers to change database queries via crafted cookie values. DatabaseCookieAuthenticatorAction concatenates each authentication cookie value into a quoted WHERE clause and executes the assembled SQL with Statement. The action must be configured for cookie-based database authentication, after which unauthenticated input reaches the database with the application's privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-45135
Published
Nov 30, 2023
Updated
Feb 13, 2025
Vendor
The Apache Software Foundation
Product
Apache Cocoon
Classifications
CWE-89, T1190
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Nov 30, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=2.2.0 <2.3.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

The Apache Software Foundation · Apache Cocoonversion=2.2.0 <2.3.0

Published CVSS scores

9.8CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application

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