# CVE-2022-3877: Click Studios Passwordstate URL Field cross site scripting

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary scripts via the URL field in Click Studios Passwordstate, potentially compromising user accounts.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/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:** 19 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 15 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cj4v-mx99-hg57

## What is CVE-2022-3877?

CVE-2022-3877 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Click Studios Passwordstate, published on 19 Dec 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

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Click Studios Passwordstate and Passwordstate Browser Extension Chrome. Affected is an unknown function of the component URL Field Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. VDB-216246 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-707 (Improper Neutralization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3877?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Clickstudios Passwordstate.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3877?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3877 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3877 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3877 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Click Studios Passwordstate

- [CVE-2020-26061](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-26061/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-3875](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3875/): Click Studios Passwordstate API authentication bypass by assumed-immutable data (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2020-27747](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27747/): Auth bypass in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2022-25570](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25570/): Missing authorization in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-14776](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-14776/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3877 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3877 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Click Studios Passwordstate, published on 19 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3877 exists.

Affected product: Click Studios Passwordstate. 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-2022-3877/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3877/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3877
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3877
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3877

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3877/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.