Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-30777

Medium

Published: 16 May 2022

Published
16 May 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0415 88.9th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-30777 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Parallels H-Sphere. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 11.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

Parallels H-Sphere version 3.6.1713 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-30777 and assigned CWE-79. The flaw resides in the index_en.php script and is triggered through the from parameter, allowing injection of untrusted content into web responses. It received a CVSS 3.1 base 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 supply a crafted link or input that causes the application to reflect attacker-controlled script in a victim's browser session. Successful exploitation can result in limited disclosure or modification of information within the affected page context, though availability is not impacted.

The supplied references consist of a Wikipedia entry on H-Sphere and a technical write-up on the issue; neither contains official patch details or mitigation guidance. The associated EPSS score has remained low, reaching a modest peak of 0.0560 before receding to its current value of 0.0415.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Parallels H-Sphere 3.6.1713 allows XSS via the index_en.php from parameter.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

parallels
h-sphere
3.6.2

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.

addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

References