CVE-2022-40288
Published: 31 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-40288 is a critical-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Phppointofsale Php Point Of Sale. Its CVSS base score is 9.0 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 40.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-43585
Vulnerability details
The application was vulnerable to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the user profile data fields, which could be leveraged to escalate privileges within and compromise any account that views their user profile.
- 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.