CVE-2022-39020
Published: 31 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-39020 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Schoolbox Schoolbox. Its CVSS base score is 7.6 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 44.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-41566
Vulnerability details
Multiple instances of XSS (stored and reflected) was found in the application. For example, features such as student assessment submission, file upload, news, ePortfolio and calendar event creation were found to be vulnerable to cross-site scripting.
- 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.