# CVE-2022-23133: Stored XSS in host groups configuration window in Zabbix Frontend

> An authenticated attacker can inject stored XSS payloads into host group configurations, allowing session hijacking and account takeover of other users.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 13 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-23133, GHSA-2r84-x97c-3ch4, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23133

## What is CVE-2022-23133?

CVE-2022-23133 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 13 Jan 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An authenticated user can create a hosts group from the configuration with XSS payload, which will be available for other users. When XSS is stored by an authenticated malicious actor and other users try to search for groups during new host creation, the XSS payload will fire and the actor can steal session cookies and perform session hijacking to impersonate users or take over their accounts.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23133?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Fedoraproject Fedora, Zabbix Zabbix.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-23133?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-23133 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23133 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-23133 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-23133 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 13 Jan 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23133 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

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-2022-23133/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23133/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23133
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23133
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23133

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23133/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.