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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-vvxf-r4vm-2vm6
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-vvxf-r4vm-2vm6
Aliases CVE-2022-38462
Summary Reflected XSS in querystring parameters An attacker could inject a XSS payload in a Silverstripe CMS response by carefully crafting a return URL on a /dev/build or /Security/login request. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to convince a user to follow a link with a malicious payload. This will only affect projects configured to output PHP warnings to the browser. By default, Silverstripe CMS will only output PHP warnings if your SS_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE environment variable is set to dev. Production sites should always set SS_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE to live.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.5
Risk 2.8
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 6.1 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/11/GHSA-vvxf-r4vm-2vm6/GHSA-vvxf-r4vm-2vm6.json
generic_textual MODERATE
Reference id Reference type URL
https://forum.silverstripe.org/c/releases
https://www.silverstripe.org/blog/tag/release
https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases
CVE-2022-38462 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38462
CVE-2022-38462 https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/cve-2022-38462
CVE-2022-38462.YAML https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/silverstripe/framework/CVE-2022-38462.yaml
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/11/GHSA-vvxf-r4vm-2vm6/GHSA-vvxf-r4vm-2vm6.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-29T04:36:33Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/38xxx/CVE-2022-38462.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-38462

View SSVC decision tree 
[{'Exploitation': 'none'},
 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]