CVE-2022-30777
Published: 16 May 2022
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
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-52601
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
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.