Fix XPath injection in Java and Spring Boot
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Parameterize the XPath. Compile the query with $username and $password
variables and supply their values through an XPathVariableResolver, so a value
such as ' or '1'='1 is compared as a literal and can never become query
structure. Bind every field, including the directory search term;
concatenating even one field leaves the injection in place.

Page: https://softwaresecurity.com/fix/xpath-injection/java-spring/

What is in this archive
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xpath-injection/java-spring/   the project: three implementations of the same code and one test suite
  src/main/java/com/example/directory/impl/VulnerableUserDirectory.java   (vulnerable)
  src/main/java/com/example/directory/impl/FixedUserDirectory.java   (fixed)
  src/main/java/com/example/directory/impl/WrongUserDirectory.java   (a plausible fix that still fails)
run-all.mjs   runs the tests in all three modes and checks the results (Node.js only)
LICENSE-CODE.txt

Run it
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  Tested with OpenJDK 21.0.12.1 (Homebrew), Maven 3.9.16. run-all.mjs needs
  Node.js 22 or later. Supported versions:
  https://softwaresecurity.com/fix/versions/

  From the xpath-injection/java-spring folder, install the dependencies once
  (this needs network access):

    mvn -B -q test

  Then run the tests. IMPL chooses the implementation the tests load:

    # every test passes
    IMPL=fixed mvn -B -o -q test
    # an exploit test fails
    IMPL=vulnerable mvn -B -o -q test
    # a test fails
    IMPL=wrong mvn -B -o -q test

  The JUnit report is written to target/surefire-reports/TEST-*.xml. To run all
  three modes and check the results in one step, run the harness from this top
  folder (it needs only Node.js; --install runs the install step first):

    node run-all.mjs --install xpath-injection/java-spring
    node run-all.mjs xpath-injection/java-spring

Verified
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  11 October 2026 on macOS 27.0 (Darwin 27.0.0, arm64), with java OpenJDK
  21.0.12.1, maven 3.9.16, springBoot 4.1.1, junitJupiter 6.0.3. Versions and
  results hold for that date: run the tests with your own versions before
  relying on the fix.

Licence
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  The code is MIT licensed (LICENSE-CODE.txt). The page text is CC BY 4.0.
