CVE-2022-40027 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

SourceCodester Simple Task Managing System v1.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the component newTask.php. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the shortName parameter.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00264.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:simple_task_managing_system_project:simple_task_managing_system:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Simple Task Managing System Project Subscribe	Simple Task Managing System Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43351	SourceCodester Simple Task Managing System v1.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the component newTask.php. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the shortName parameter.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://simple.com
https://github.com/xidaner/CVE_HUNTER/blob/main/CVE_09/2022-09-01-XSS1.md
https://www.sourcecodester.com/php/15624/simple-task-managing-system-php-mysqli-free-source-code.html

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-21T17:11:41.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-28T13:40:56.365Z

Reserved: 2022-09-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40027

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:07:43.048Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-21T18:15:10.287

Modified: 2025-05-28T14:15:29.980

Link: CVE-2022-40027

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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