CVE-2022-31734
Published: 20 June 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-31734 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Cisco Ws-C2940-8Tf-S Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 25.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-53132
Vulnerability details
Cisco Catalyst 2940 Series Switches provided by Cisco Systems, Inc. contain a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability regarding error page generation. An arbitrary script may be executed on the web browser of the user who is using the product. The affected…
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firmware is prior to 12.2(50)SY released in 2011, and Cisco Catalyst 2940 Series Switches have been retired since January 2015
- 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.