What is CVE-2022-28985?

CVE-2022-28985 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Orangehrm, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2022-05-20.

How severe is CVE-2022-28985?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-28985 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Orangehrm

CVE-2022-28985

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the addNewPost component of OrangeHRM v4.10.1 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted POST request.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 41.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Orangehrm — versions 4.10.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

cooliscool/Advisories

References

github.com/orangehrm/orangehrm/issues/1217 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-28985?: CVE-2022-28985 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Orangehrm, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2022-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2022-28985?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-28985 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.