XML External Entity injection in Intel Quartus Prime Standard and Intel Quartus Prime Pro - CVE-2022-27233
Published: November 15, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU69311
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-27233
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied XML input. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML code to the affected application and view contents of arbitrary files on the system or initiate requests to external systems.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to view contents of arbitrary file on the server or perform network scanning of internal and external infrastructure.
Affected software
Intel Quartus Prime Standard
Intel Quartus Prime Pro
Intel Quartus Prime Pro
How to mitigate CVE-2022-27233
Install updates from vendor's website.
Intel Quartus Prime Standard - update to 21.1 Patch 0.02std
Intel Quartus Prime Pro - update to 22.1
Intel Quartus Prime Pro - update to 22.1