# CVE-2022-45004: Gophish vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting via crafted landing page

> Attackers can execute arbitrary scripts in victim browsers via crafted landing pages in Gophish, potentially leading to session hijacking or data theft.

- **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:** 22 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-55m9-hm92-xm8j

## What is CVE-2022-45004?

CVE-2022-45004 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Mar 2023. 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

Gophish through 0.12.1 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via a crafted landing page.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-45004?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including github.com/gophish/gophish. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `github.com/gophish/gophish` | Go | All versions to 0.12.1 | None |
| `github.com/gophish/gophish` | Go | All versions to 0.12.1 | None |

Products: Getgophish Gophish.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-45004?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-45004 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-45004 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-45004 exists.

Public exploit code:

- https://github.com/mha98/CVE-2022-45004 (github_poc): https://github.com/mha98/CVE-2022-45004

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2020-24707](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24707/): Other in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2025-70963](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-70963/): Gophish is vulnerable to Incorrect Access Control (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2022-45003](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45003/): Gophish vulnerable to Denial of Service via crafted payload involving autofocus (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-24713](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24713/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-24711](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24711/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-45004 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-45004 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Mar 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, 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-2022-45004 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- github.com/gophish/gophish (Go): affected all versions up to 0.12.1; no fix listed
- github.com/gophish/gophish (Go): affected all versions up to 0.12.1; no fix listed

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-2022-45004/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45004/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45004
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45004
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-45004

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45004/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.