CVE-2022-42715 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A reflected XSS vulnerability exists in REDCap before 12.04.18 in the Alerts & Notifications upload feature. A crafted CSV file will, when uploaded, trigger arbitrary JavaScript code execution.

Published: 2022-10-12

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:vanderbilt:redcap::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:vanderbilt:redcap::::::::

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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-2022-45781	A reflected XSS vulnerability exists in REDCap before 12.04.18 in the Alerts & Notifications upload feature. A crafted CSV file will, when uploaded, trigger arbitrary JavaScript code execution.

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 0.00489.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/uclahs-secops/security-research/tree/main/reports/20221011-recap-xss
https://redcap.med.usc.edu/_shib/assets/ChangeLog_Standard.pdf
https://www.evms.edu/research/resources_services/redcap/redcap_change_log/

History

Thu, 15 May 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Vanderbilt Redcap

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-12T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-15T17:56:37.534Z

Reserved: 2022-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42715

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:10:41.465Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-12T13:15:10.833

Modified: 2025-05-15T18:15:32.587

Link: CVE-2022-42715

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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