CVE-2022-40879 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

kkFileView v4.1.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via the parameter 'errorMsg.'

Published: 2022-09-29

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 2.4% 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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:keking:kkfileview:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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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 0.02352.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/kekingcn/kkFileView/issues/389

History

Tue, 20 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Keking Kkfileview

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-29T16:22:54.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-20T20:01:53.173Z

Reserved: 2022-09-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40879

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:28:42.540Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-29T17:15:54.690

Modified: 2025-05-20T20:15:24.647

Link: CVE-2022-40879

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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