CVE-2022-4898 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In affected versions of Octopus Server the help sidebar can be customized to include a Cross-Site Scripting payload in the support link. This was initially resolved in advisory 2022-07 however it was identified that the fix could be bypassed in certain circumstances. A different approach was taken to prevent the possibility of the support link being susceptible to XSS

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00036.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Octopus	Octopus Server

Configuration 1 [-]

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-52155	In affected versions of Octopus Server the help sidebar can be customized to include a Cross-Site Scripting payload in the support link. This was initially resolved in advisory 2022-07 however it was identified that the fix could be bypassed in certain circumstances. A different approach was taken to prevent the possibility of the support link being susceptible to XSS

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://advisories.octopus.com/post/2022/sa2023-01/

History

Thu, 27 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Octopus

Published: 2023-01-31T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-27T14:39:44.384Z

Reserved: 2023-01-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-4898

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:55:45.702Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-31T04:15:07.647

Modified: 2025-03-27T15:15:41.703

Link: CVE-2022-4898

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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