CVE-2022-42748 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

CandidATS version 3.0.0 on 'sortDirection' of the 'ajax.php' resource, allows an external attacker to steal the cookie of arbitrary users. This is possible because the application application does not properly validate user input against XSS attacks.

Published: 2022-11-03

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 1.1% 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

CandidATS

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.0.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:auieo:candidats:3.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-45811	CandidATS version 3.0.0 on 'sortDirection' of the 'ajax.php' resource, allows an external attacker to steal the cookie of arbitrary users. This is possible because the application application does not properly validate user input against XSS attacks.

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 0.01071.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://candidats.net/
https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/modestep/

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.02384}`	epss `{'score': 0.03096}`

Mon, 05 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Auieo Candidats

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Fluid Attacks

Published: 2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T13:15:18.432Z

Reserved: 2022-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42748

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:10:41.436Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-03T20:15:32.727

Modified: 2026-06-17T05:05:14.033

Link: CVE-2022-42748

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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