What is CVE-2022-25229?

CVE-2022-25229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Popcorn Time Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-05-20.

How severe is CVE-2022-25229?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XSS in Popcorn Time Project

CVE-2022-25229

Popcorn Time 0.4.7 has a Stored XSS in the 'Movies API Server(s)' field via the 'settings' page. The 'nodeIntegration' configuration is set to on which allows the 'webpage' to use 'NodeJs' features, an attacker can leverage this to run OS commands.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-05-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Popcorn Time Project — versions 0.4.7
Popcorn Time — versions 0.4.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

fluidattacks.com/advisories/bowie/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/popcorn-official/popcorn-desktop/issues/2491 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-25229?: CVE-2022-25229 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Popcorn Time Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2022-25229?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.