CVE-2022-4901
Published: 01 March 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-4901 is a low-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Sophos Connect. Its CVSS base score is 3.3 (Low).
Operationally, ranked in the top 42.1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-52157
Vulnerability details
Multiple stored XSS vulnerabilities in Sophos Connect versions older than 2.2.90 allow Javascript code to run in the local UI via a malicious VPN configuration that must be manually loaded by the victim.
- 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.