CVE-2022-22123: Halo CMS - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Article's Title

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In Halo, versions v1.0.0 to v1.4.17 (latest) are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the article title. An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary javascript code that will execute on a victim’s server.

Affected products

fit2cloud Halo: from 1.0.0 through 1.4.17

References

https://github.com/halo-dev/halo/blob/v1.4.17/src/main/java/run/halo/app/service/impl/PostServiceImpl.java#L391
https://github.com/halo-dev/halo/issues/1557
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-22123
https://github.com/halo-dev/halo/blob/v1.4.17/src/main/java/run/halo/app/service/impl/PostServiceImpl.java#L391
https://github.com/halo-dev/halo/issues/1557
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-22123

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