CVE-2022-4011
Published: 16 November 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-4011 is a medium-severity Improper Neutralization (CWE-707) vulnerability in Simple History Project Simple History. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 32.4% 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-2022-51392
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in Simple History Plugin. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Header Handler. The manipulation of the argument X-Forwarded-For leads to improper output neutralization for logs. The attack…
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may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier VDB-213785 was assigned to this vulnerability.
- 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.
Enforces use of documented standards and tool configurations that address proper neutralization of inputs/outputs during development.
Validating that output matches expected content directly mitigates failures to properly encode or escape data for its destination context.