CVE-2022-46073
Published: 14 December 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-46073 is a medium-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Helmet Store Showroom Project Helmet Store Showroom. Its CVSS base score is 6.1 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 3.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
Helmet Store Showroom version 1.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability tracked as CVE-2022-46073 and assigned CWE-79. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 6.1 with a vector indicating network attack reachability, low complexity, no required privileges, and required user interaction that produces a changed scope.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can supply crafted input that executes arbitrary script in a victim's browser session. Successful exploitation allows limited reading and modification of data within the affected application's origin, such as session tokens or page contents, while the changed scope extends impact beyond the immediate vulnerable component.
Public proof-of-concept material, including demonstration videos and a technical write-up, has been posted to document the issue. The associated EPSS score reached a peak of 0.3260 with a current value of 0.2593, indicating measurable post-disclosure exploitation interest.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-48911
Vulnerability details
Helmet Store Showroom 1.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS).
- 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.