CVE-2022-34879 Cross-site scripting in VICIdial

Medium 6.5 Published 5 Jul 2022 Updated 16 Sep 2024

Attackers can inject malicious scripts via reflected XSS in the AST Agent Time Sheet interface, potentially compromising user sessions.

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: None listed

What is CVE-2022-34879?

CVE-2022-34879 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in VICIdial, published on 5 Jul 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

Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in AST Agent Time Sheet interface (/vicidial/AST_agent_time_sheet.php) of VICIdial via agent, and search_archived_data parameters. This issue affects: VICIdial 2.14b0.5 versions prior to 3555.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-34879?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Vicidial Vicidial.

How do I fix CVE-2022-34879?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-34879 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-34879 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-34879 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-4gg9-66fr-r99m.