CVE-2022-25323
Published: 18 February 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-25323 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Zerof Web Server. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 6.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-25323 is a cross-site scripting vulnerability (CWE-79) affecting ZEROF Web Server 2.0. The flaw permits injection of malicious scripts through the /admin.back endpoint, as indicated by its CVSS 3.1 score of 6.1 reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction with changed scope.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can craft a URL containing the payload and deliver it to a victim user. When the user interacts with the link, the script executes in the context of the web server, enabling limited theft of sensitive data or unauthorized actions within the affected session.
The associated EPSS score reached a peak of 0.1538 before settling at the current value of 0.1068. Public references consist of research notes hosted at awillix.ru and a GitHub repository detailing the finding, but contain no published mitigation steps or patch information.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-30006
Vulnerability details
ZEROF Web Server 2.0 allows /admin.back XSS.
- 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.