# CVE-2022-33935: Cross-site scripting in Data Protection Advisor

> Stored XSS in Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor allows attackers to execute malicious scripts, leading to information disclosure or session theft.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 30 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jv78-qfm7-p5qh

## What is CVE-2022-33935?

CVE-2022-33935 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dell Data Protection Advisor, published on 30 Aug 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

Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions 19.6 and earlier, contains a Stored Cross Site Scripting, an 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-2022-33935?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Emc Data Protection Advisor.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-33935?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-33935 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-33935 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-33935 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell Data Protection Advisor

- [CVE-2019-18581](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18581/): Missing authorization in Data Protection Advisor (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2019-18582](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18582/): Code injection in Data Protection Advisor (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-5352](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5352/): Command injection in Data Protection Advisor (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-11048](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11048/): XML external entity in Data Protection Advisor (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2020-5351](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5351/): Hardcoded credentials in Data Protection Advisor (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-33935 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-33935 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dell Data Protection Advisor, published on 30 Aug 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-2022-33935 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell Data Protection Advisor. 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-2022-33935/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33935/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-33935
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-33935
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-33935

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33935/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.