CVE-2022-43017 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

OpenCATS v0.9.6 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the indexFile component.

Published: 2022-10-19

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 2.5% 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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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:opencats:opencats:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2022-46066	OpenCATS v0.9.6 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the indexFile component.

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 0.0245.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/hansmach1ne/CVE-portfolio/tree/main/CVE-2022-43017
https://github.com/hansmach1ne/opencats_zero-days/blob/main/XSS_in_indexFile.md

History

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://github.com/hansmach1ne/CVE-portfolio/tree/main/CVE-2022-43017

Fri, 09 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

Opencats Opencats

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-09-15T18:59:39.845Z

Reserved: 2022-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-43017

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:26:01.240Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-10-19T18:15:13.600

Modified: 2025-09-24T19:45:10.843

Link: CVE-2022-43017

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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