CVE-2022-40690 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in BookStack versions prior to v22.09 allows a remote authenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script.

Published: 2022-10-24

Score: 5.4 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

BookStack

BookStack

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`versions prior to v22.09`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:bookstackapp:bookstack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2022-43961	Cross-site scripting vulnerability in BookStack versions prior to v22.09 allows a remote authenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script.

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 0.00373.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN78862034/index.html
https://www.bookstackapp.com/blog/bookstack-release-v22-09/
https://www.bookstackapp.com/docs/admin/security/#using-bookstack-content-externally

History

Wed, 07 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Bookstackapp Bookstack

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: jpcert

Published: 2022-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-07T14:12:25.210Z

Reserved: 2022-09-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-40690

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:21:46.586Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-24T14:15:52.197

Modified: 2025-05-07T15:15:54.943

Link: CVE-2022-40690

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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