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CVE-2022-38790

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-09-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Weave GitOps Enterprise before 0.9.0-rc.5 has a cross-site scripting (XSS) bug allowing a malicious user to inject a javascript: link in the UI. When clicked by a victim user, the script will execute with the victim's permission. The exposure appears in Weave GitOps Enterprise UI via a GitopsCluster dashboard link. An annotation can be added to a GitopsCluster custom resource.

Affected products

• Weave.Works Gitops: before 0.9.0; 0.9.0-rc1, 0.9.0-rc2, 0.9.0-rc3 — fixed in 0.9.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Weave.Works Gitops 0.9.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://docs.gitops.weave.works/docs/cluster-management/getting-started/#profiles-and-clusters
• https://docs.gitops.weave.works/docs/intro
• https://docs.gitops.weave.works/security/cve/enterprise/CVE-2022-38790/index.html
• https://www.weave.works/product/gitops-enterprise/
• https://docs.gitops.weave.works/docs/cluster-management/getting-started/#profiles-and-clusters
• https://docs.gitops.weave.works/docs/intro
• https://docs.gitops.weave.works/security/cve/enterprise/CVE-2022-38790/index.html
• https://www.weave.works/product/gitops-enterprise/

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