What is CVE-2022-0542?

CVE-2022-0542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Chatwoot, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-08-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-0542?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Chatwoot

CVE-2022-0542

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - DOM in GitHub repository chatwoot/chatwoot prior to 2.7.0.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-08-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Chatwoot
Chatwoot Chatwoot/chatwoot — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

huntr.dev/bounties/e6469ba6-03a2-4b17-8b4e-8932ecd0f7ac (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/chatwoot/chatwoot/commit/dd1fe4f93a6fbafa1d1eed87ac7d4143e701ec08 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0542?: CVE-2022-0542 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Chatwoot, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-08-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-0542?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.