CVE-2022-38080 exceedone/exment and exceedone/laravel-admin Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

Medium 5.4 Published Updated

Remote authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via reflected XSS in Exment, potentially leading to code execution or account takeover.

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

What is CVE-2022-38080?

CVE-2022-38080 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Kajitori Co.,Ltd Exment, published on 24 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

Reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in Exment ((PHP8) exceedone/exment v5.0.2 and earlier and exceedone/laravel-admin v3.0.0 and earlier, (PHP7) exceedone/exment v4.4.2 and earlier and exceedone/laravel-admin v2.2.2 and earlier) allows a remote authenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38080?

8 open source packages ship an affected version, including exceedone/exment and exceedone/laravel-admin. It affects 2 products.

PackageAffectedFixed in
exceedone/exment PackagistAll versions4.4.3
exceedone/exment PackagistAll versions4.4.3
exceedone/exment PackagistFrom 5.0.05.0.3
exceedone/exment PackagistFrom 5.0.05.0.3
exceedone/laravel-admin PackagistAll versions2.2.3
exceedone/laravel-admin PackagistAll versions2.2.3
2 more packages
exceedone/laravel-admin PackagistFrom 3.0.03.0.1
exceedone/laravel-admin PackagistFrom 3.0.03.0.1

Products include Exceedone Exment, Exceedone Laravel-Admin.

How do I fix CVE-2022-38080?

Upgrade exceedone/exment to a fixed version for your release line: 4.4.3 or 5.0.3.

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-2022-38080 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38080 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8629-83m5-rj75.

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