CVE-2022-40358 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An issue was discovered in AjaXplorer 4.2.3, allows attackers to cause cross site scripting vulnerabilities via a crafted svg file upload.

Published: 2022-09-23

Score: 5.4 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ajaxplorer:ajaxplorer:4.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2022-43649	An issue was discovered in AjaXplorer 4.2.3, allows attackers to cause cross site scripting vulnerabilities via a crafted svg file upload.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

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 0.00301.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2022090059
https://sourceforge.net/projects/ajaxplorer/files/ajaxplorer/stable-channel/4.2.3/

History

Thu, 22 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Ajaxplorer Ajaxplorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-23T17:21:40.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-22T18:43:20.725Z

Reserved: 2022-09-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40358

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:21:45.650Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-23T18:15:11.317

Modified: 2025-05-22T19:15:35.177

Link: CVE-2022-40358

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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