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CVE-2022-4875: fossology cross site scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-01-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

A vulnerability has been found in fossology and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation of the argument sql/VarValue leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. The patch is identified as 8e0eba001662c7eb35f045b70dd458a4643b4553. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-217426 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected products

• fossology: before 2023-01-02 — fixed in 2023-01-02

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: fossology 2023-01-02. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/fossology/fossology/commit/8e0eba001662c7eb35f045b70dd458a4643b4553
• https://github.com/fossology/fossology/pull/2356
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217426
• https://vuldb.com/?id.217426
• https://github.com/fossology/fossology/commit/8e0eba001662c7eb35f045b70dd458a4643b4553
• https://github.com/fossology/fossology/pull/2356
• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217426
• https://vuldb.com/?id.217426

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