CVE-2022-41789 Potential XSS on default page header

What is CVE-2022-41789?

CVE-2022-41789 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Hallo Welt! GmbH BlueSpice, published on 15 Nov 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in BlueSpiceDiscovery skin of BlueSpice allows logged in user with edit permissions to inject arbitrary HTML into the default page header of a wikipage.

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-41789?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Hallowelt Bluespice.

How do I fix CVE-2022-41789?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-41789 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-2022-41789 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-41789 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Hallo Welt! GmbH BlueSpice

• CVE-2025-46703 Potential XSS in Extension:AtMentions Medium 5.9
• CVE-2025-48007 Potential XSS in Extension:BlueSpiceAvatars Medium 5.9
• CVE-2025-57880 Potential XSS in Extension:BlueSpiceWhoIsOnline Medium 5.9
• CVE-2025-58114 Potential XSS in Extension:CognitiveProcessDesigner Medium 5.9
• CVE-2022-2510 Potential XSS on Special:SearchCenter Medium 4.3

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-fq8v-gxm4-m5gv.