# CVE-2022-32269: Cross-site scripting in n/a

> Real Player allows JavaScript injection via unsafe URIs in error pages, enabling arbitrary code execution for attackers.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f94v-3w62-8844

## What is CVE-2022-32269?

CVE-2022-32269 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in Realnetworks Realplayer, published on 3 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In Real Player 20.0.8.310, the G2 Control allows injection of unsafe javascript: URIs in local HTTP error pages (displayed by Internet Explorer core). This leads to arbitrary code execution.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-32269?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Realnetworks Realplayer.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-32269?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-32269 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-32269 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-32269 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Realnetworks Realplayer

- [CVE-2011-4244](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4244/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-4245](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4245/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-4246](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4246/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-4249](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4249/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-4250](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4250/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-32269 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-32269 is a critical cross-site scripting vulnerability in Realnetworks Realplayer, published on 3 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-32269 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Realnetworks Realplayer. 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-2022-32269/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-32269/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-32269
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-32269
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-32269

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-32269/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.