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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-wc6r-4ggc-79w5
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-wc6r-4ggc-79w5
Aliases CVE-2022-37429
Summary Stored XSS using HTMLEditor A malicious content author could add a JavaScript payload to the href attribute of a link by splitting a javascript URL with white space characters. An attacker must have access to the CMS to exploit this issue.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.9
Risk 2.5
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 5.4 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/11/GHSA-wc6r-4ggc-79w5/GHSA-wc6r-4ggc-79w5.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-2022-37429 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-37429
CVE-2022-37429 https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/cve-2022-37429
CVE-2022-37429.YAML https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/silverstripe/framework/CVE-2022-37429.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:L/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-wc6r-4ggc-79w5/GHSA-wc6r-4ggc-79w5.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

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-04-25T20:33:03Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2022/37xxx/CVE-2022-37429.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2022-37429

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'no'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'partial'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]