Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-40088

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 22 September 2022

Published
22 September 2022
Modified
27 May 2025
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 0.0045 64.0th percentile
Risk Priority 12 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-40088 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Simple College Website Project Simple College Website. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 36.0% 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

Vulnerability details

Simple College Website v1.0 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the component /college_website/index.php?page=. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the page parameter.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

simple college website project
simple college website
1.0

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