CVE-2022-38220 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An XSS vulnerability exists within Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) through 12.1 that may allow remote injection of arbitrary web script or HTML.

Published: 2023-02-28

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_systems_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-40812	An XSS vulnerability exists within Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) through 12.1 that may allow remote injection of arbitrary web script or HTML.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00197.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://support.quest.com/kb/339613
https://support.quest.com/kb/4368602/quest-response-to-kace-sma-vulnerability-cve-2022-38220

History

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Quest Kace Systems Management Appliance

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-02-28T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-18T15:09:57.932Z

Reserved: 2022-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38220

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:45:53.014Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-03-01T00:15:10.823

Modified: 2025-03-18T15:15:41.067

Link: CVE-2022-38220

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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