# CVE-2022-26866: Cross-site scripting in PowerStore

> A high-privileged attacker can inject malicious scripts into Dell PowerStore, leading to information disclosure or session theft when victims access the interface.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7h6f-6j9m-8x6g

## What is CVE-2022-26866?

CVE-2022-26866 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dell PowerStore, published on 2 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell PowerStore Versions before v2.1.1.0. contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. A high privileged network attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the storage of malicious HTML or JavaScript codes in a trusted application data store. When a victim user accesses the data store through their browsers, the malicious code gets executed by the web browser in the context of the vulnerable web application. Exploitation may lead to information disclosure, session theft, or client-side request forgery.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-26866?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Powerstoreos.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-26866?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-26866 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-26866 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-26866 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell PowerStore

- [CVE-2026-58574](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58574/): Missing authorization in PowerStore 1000T (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-26869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26869/): Information disclosure in PowerStore (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-79687](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-79687/): Missing authorization in PowerStore 1000T (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2023-32478](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32478/): Information disclosure in PowerStore (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2026-58567](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-58567/): Command injection in PowerStore 1000T (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-26866 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-26866 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dell PowerStore, published on 2 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-26866 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell PowerStore. 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-2022-26866/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26866/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26866
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26866
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26866

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26866/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.