CVE-2022-4513 European Environment Agency eionet.contreg cross site scripting

Low 3.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can inject malicious scripts via searchTag or resourceUri parameters in eionet.contreg, potentially compromising user sessions.

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-2022-4513?

CVE-2022-4513 is a low-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in European Environment Agency eionet.contreg, published on 15 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, has been found in European Environment Agency eionet.contreg. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation of the argument searchTag/resourceUri leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 2022-06-27T0948 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is a120c2153e263e62c4db34a06ab96a9f1c6bccb6. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-215885 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-79, CWE-707

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4513?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Eea Eionet Content Registry.

How do I fix CVE-2022-4513?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4513 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-2022-4513 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4513 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-8v6r-q522-82mj.

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