What is CVE-2022-24177?

CVE-2022-24177 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exlibrisgroup Aleph 500, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-10.

How severe is CVE-2022-24177?

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

XSS in Exlibrisgroup Aleph 500

CVE-2022-24177

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component cgi-bin/ej.cgi of Ex libris ALEPH 500 v18.1 and v20 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-03-10 · 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: 0.007 (50.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Exlibrisgroup Aleph 500 — versions 18.1, 20.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/zhao1231/cve_payload/issues/1 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-24177?: CVE-2022-24177 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Exlibrisgroup Aleph 500, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-03-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-24177?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.