CVE-2022-43167
Published: 28 October 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-43167 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Rukovoditel Rukovoditel. Its CVSS base score is 5.4 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 9.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-43167 is a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in Rukovoditel version 3.2.1. It resides in the Users Alerts feature at the endpoint /index.php?module=users_alerts/users_alerts and is triggered when an authenticated user adds an alert whose Title parameter contains a crafted payload. The flaw is tracked as CWE-79 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 5.4.
An authenticated attacker with low privileges can inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML into the Title field. Once saved, the malicious content is stored and later rendered for other users who view the alert, enabling session hijacking, privilege escalation within the application, or other client-side actions that respect the same-origin policy of the affected instance.
The two supplied references point only to a public GitHub issue that describes the finding; they contain no official vendor advisory, patch details, or mitigation guidance. The associated EPSS score remains low, with a current value of 0.0592 and a peak of 0.0707, indicating limited observed exploitation interest since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-46213
Vulnerability details
A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Users Alerts feature (/index.php?module=users_alerts/users_alerts) of Rukovoditel v3.2.1 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Title parameter after clicking "Add".
- 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.