Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-43076

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 01 November 2022

Published
01 November 2022
Modified
05 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0037 59.2th percentile
Risk Priority 10 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-43076 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Web-Based Student Clearance System Project Web-Based Student Clearance System. Its CVSS base score is 4.8 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 40.8% 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

Vulnerability details

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in /admin/edit-admin.php of Web-Based Student Clearance System v1.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the txtemail parameter.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

web-based student clearance system project
web-based student clearance system
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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-79

Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-79

Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering
addresses: CWE-79

Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.

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