Medium severity · published Sep 22, 2022
CVE-2022-39197
Fortra Cobalt Strike Teamserver Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
In wildKEV
6.1
CVSS
46.7%
EPSS
Yes
On KEV
Description
An XSS (Cross Site Scripting) vulnerability was found in HelpSystems Cobalt Strike through 4.7 that allowed a remote attacker to execute HTML on the Cobalt Strike teamserver. To exploit the vulnerability, one must first inspect a Cobalt Strike payload, and then modify the username field in the payload (or create a new payload with the extracted information and then modify that username field to be malformed).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)46.7% · higher than 99% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildYes
CISA KEVListed Mar 30, 2023
Federal remediation dueApr 20, 2023
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Cobalt Strike · Helpsystems
before 4.7.1 · source: NVD, KEV
Affected product
CS
Cobalt Strike
Helpsystems
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