CVE-2022-40487 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ProcessWire v3.0.200 was discovered to contain multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities via the Search Users and Search Pages function. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injection of a crafted payload.

Published: 2022-10-31

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:processwire:processwire:3.0.200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7056	ProcessWire v3.0.200 was discovered to contain multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities via the Search Users and Search Pages function. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injection of a crafted payload.
Github GHSA	GHSA-8g35-prrr-gxxf	ProcessWire vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting

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 0.00496.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
http://processwire.com
https://gist.github.com/filipaze/32ab8683af8d82827028164e361b6e86

History

Tue, 06 May 2025 17:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Processwire Processwire

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-06T16:22:34.325Z

Reserved: 2022-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40487

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:21:46.185Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-31T12:15:10.250

Modified: 2025-05-06T17:15:53.147

Link: CVE-2022-40487

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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