What is CVE-2022-2589?

CVE-2022-2589 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Beancount Beancount/fava, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-2589?

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

XSS in Beancount Beancount/fava

CVE-2022-2589

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository beancount/fava prior to 1.22.3.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-08-01 · 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 (52.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.7% 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

Beancount Beancount/fava — versions unspecified
Fava Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

huntr.dev/bounties/8705800d-cf2f-433d-9c3e-dbef6a3f7e08 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/beancount/fava/commit/68bbb6e39319deb35ab9f18d0b6aa9fa70472539 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2589?: CVE-2022-2589 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Beancount Beancount/fava, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-2589?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.