# CVE-2022-34451: Cross-site scripting in PowerPath Management Appliance

> An authenticated admin can inject scripts to hijack user sessions or trick victims into sending arbitrary requests in Dell PowerPath Management Appliance.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 24 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q972-6f2p-c9wf

## What is CVE-2022-34451?

CVE-2022-34451 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dell PowerPath Management Appliance, published on 10 Feb 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

PowerPath Management Appliance with versions 3.3 & 3.2*, 3.1 & 3.0* contains a Stored Cross-site Scripting Vulnerability. An authenticated admin user could potentially exploit this vulnerability, to hijack user sessions or trick a victim application user into unknowingly send arbitrary requests to the server.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34451?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Dell Powerpath Management Appliance.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-34451?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34451 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-34451 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34451 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell PowerPath Management Appliance

- [CVE-2022-34446](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34446/): Missing authorization in PowerPath Management Appliance (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-34448](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34448/): Cross-site request forgery in PowerPath Management Appliance (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-43587](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43587/): Hardcoded credentials in PowerPath Management Appliance (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2022-34447](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34447/): Command injection in PowerPath Management Appliance (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2022-34450](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34450/): Privilege escalation in PowerPath Management Appliance (medium 6.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-34451 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-34451 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Dell PowerPath Management Appliance, published on 10 Feb 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34451 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell PowerPath Management Appliance. 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-2022-34451/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34451/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-34451
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-34451
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-34451

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-34451/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.