# CVE-2022-39054: COWELL INFORMATION SYSTEM CO., LTD. enterprise travel management system - Reflected XSS

> An unauthenticated remote attacker can inject JavaScript via URL parameters, enabling reflected XSS attacks against users of the Cowell travel management system.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 21 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hj7h-g298-7rxc

## What is CVE-2022-39054?

CVE-2022-39054 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in COWELL INFORMATION SYSTEM CO., LTD. enterprise travel management system, published on 28 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cowell enterprise travel management system has insufficient filtering for special characters within web URL. An unauthenticated remote attacker can inject JavaScript and perform XSS (Reflected Cross-Site Scripting) attack.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-39054?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cowell Enterprise Travel Management System Project Cowell Enterprise Travel Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-39054?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-39054 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-39054 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39054 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2022-39054 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-39054 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in COWELL INFORMATION SYSTEM CO., LTD. enterprise travel management system, published on 28 Sep 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-39054 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: COWELL INFORMATION SYSTEM CO., LTD. enterprise travel management system. 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-2022-39054/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39054/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-39054
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39054
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-39054

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-39054/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.