CVE-2022-24948
Published: 25 February 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-24948 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Apache Jspwiki. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 14.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-24948 is a cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79) in Apache JSPWiki that resides in the user preferences screen. A carefully crafted submission of user preferences can trigger the flaw, allowing JavaScript execution inside the victim's browser. The issue affects JSPWiki installations prior to version 2.11.2 and carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.1.
An unauthenticated attacker can supply malicious preference data that is later rendered for another user who visits the preferences page. Successful exploitation lets the attacker run arbitrary script in the victim's browser context with the potential to obtain sensitive information from that user.
Apache advisories and the associated OSS-Security postings direct users to upgrade to JSPWiki 2.11.2 or later to eliminate the vulnerability.
The EPSS score for this CVE rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.0713 on 2025-12-11 before receding to its current value of 0.0251, indicating a period of increased exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-0932
Vulnerability details
A carefully crafted user preferences for submission could trigger an XSS vulnerability on Apache JSPWiki, related to the user preferences screen, which could allow the attacker to execute javascript in the victim's browser and get some sensitive information about the…
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victim. Apache JSPWiki users should upgrade to 2.11.2 or later.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.