# CVE-2022-38110: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

> Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via reflected XSS in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer.

- **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:** 20 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cjjr-xfg9-m332

## What is CVE-2022-38110?

CVE-2022-38110 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA), published on 20 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) 2022.4 and older releases, certain URL vectors are susceptible to authenticated reflected cross-site scripting.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38110?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Solarwinds Database Performance Analyzer.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-38110?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38110 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-38110 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38110 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA)

- [CVE-2023-23837](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23837/): No Exception Handling Vulnerability: Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) 2023.1 (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-38112](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38112/): Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2021-35229](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-35229/): Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability using SQL Query (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2023-23838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-23838/): Directory traversal and file enumeration vulnerability: Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) 2023.1 (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-33231](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33231/): XSS in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer 2023.2 (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38110 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-38110 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA), published on 20 Jan 2023. 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-2022-38110 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer (DPA). 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-2022-38110/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38110/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38110
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38110
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38110

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38110/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.