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CVE-2022-4898

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-01-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

In affected versions of Octopus Server the help sidebar can be customized to include a Cross-Site Scripting payload in the support link. This was initially resolved in advisory 2022-07 however it was identified that the fix could be bypassed in certain circumstances. A different approach was taken to prevent the possibility of the support link being susceptible to XSS

Affected products

• Octopus Deploy Octopus Server: from 2019.7.0 before 2022.2.8552; from 2022.3.348 before 2022.3.10750; from 2022.4.791 before 2022.4.8319 — fixed in 2022.2.8552, 2022.3.10750, 2022.4.8319

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Octopus Deploy Octopus Server 2022.2.8552, 2022.3.10750, 2022.4.8319. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://advisories.octopus.com/post/2022/sa2023-01/
• https://advisories.octopus.com/post/2022/sa2023-01/

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