CVE-2022-39331
Published: 25 November 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-39331 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Nextcloud Desktop. Its CVSS base score is 4.6 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 34.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-41808
Vulnerability details
Nexcloud desktop is the Desktop sync client for Nextcloud. An attacker can inject arbitrary HyperText Markup Language into the Desktop Client application in the notifications. It is recommended that the Nextcloud Desktop client is upgraded to 3.6.1. There are no…
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known workarounds for this issue.
- 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.