What is CVE-2022-22125?

CVE-2022-22125 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Halo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2022-22125?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Halo

CVE-2022-22125

In Halo, versions v1.0.0 to v1.4.17 (latest) are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the article tag. An authenticated admin attacker can inject arbitrary javascript code that will execute on a victim’s server.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-01-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (55.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 55.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Halo
Halo-Dev Halo — versions v1.0.0, unspecified, next of v1.4.17

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/halo-dev/halo/issues/1557 (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/halo-dev/halo/blob/v1.4.17/src/main/java/run/halo/app/service/impl/P… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-22125 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-22125?: CVE-2022-22125 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Halo, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2022-22125?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.