CVE-2022-42908 Cross-site scripting in Wepa Print Away
Attackers can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized filenames in WEPA Print Away, leading to persistent XSS attacks against users.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-42908?
CVE-2022-42908 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Wepa Print Away, published on 3 Feb 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
WEPA Print Away is vulnerable to a stored XSS. It does not properly sanitize uploaded filenames, allowing an attacker to deceive a user into uploading a document with a malicious filename, which will be included in subsequent HTTP responses, allowing a stored XSS to occur. This attack is persistent across victim sessions.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-42908?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wepanow Print Away.
How do I fix CVE-2022-42908?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-42908 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-2022-42908 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-42908 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Wepa Print Away
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fgm8-jrv2-6fww.