# CVE-2022-2016: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in neorazorx/facturascripts

> Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in FacturaScripts allows attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers, potentially leading to session hijacking or data theft.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-j8c7-3jpq-8985

## What is CVE-2022-2016?

CVE-2022-2016 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in neorazorx/facturascripts, published on 7 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository neorazorx/facturascripts prior to 2022.1.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-2016?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including facturascripts/facturascripts. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `facturascripts/facturascripts` | Packagist | All versions to 2022.08 | None |
| `facturascripts/facturascripts` | Packagist | All versions to 2022.08 | None |

Products: Facturascripts Facturascripts.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-2016?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-2016 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-2016 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2016 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in neorazorx/facturascripts

- [CVE-2022-1571](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1571/): Cross-site scripting - Reflected in Create Subaccount in neorazorx/facturascripts (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2022-1715](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1715/): Account Takeover in neorazorx/facturascripts (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-1682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1682/): Reflected Xss using url based payload in neorazorx/facturascripts (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2022-1514](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1514/): Stored XSS via upload plugin functionality in zip format in neorazorx/facturascripts (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2022-1457](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1457/): Store XSS in title parameter executing at EditUser Page & EditProducto page in neorazorx/facturascripts (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-2016 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-2016 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in neorazorx/facturascripts, published on 7 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-2016 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- facturascripts/facturascripts (Packagist): affected all versions up to 2022.08; no fix listed
- facturascripts/facturascripts (Packagist): affected all versions up to 2022.08; no fix listed

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2016/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2016/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-2016
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-2016
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-2016

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2016/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.