What is CVE-2022-30278?

CVE-2022-30278 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synopsys Black Duck Hub, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-05-10.

How severe is CVE-2022-30278?

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

XSS in Synopsys Black Duck Hub

CVE-2022-30278

A vulnerability in Black Duck Hub’s embedded MadCap Flare documentation files could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting attack. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input to MadCap Flare's framework embedded within Black Duck Hub's Help Documentation to supply content. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to click a link designed to pass malicious input to the interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks and gain access to sensitive browser-based information.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.008 (53.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Synopsys Black Duck Hub — versions < 2022.4.0
Synopsys Black_duck_hub

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

disclosure@synopsys.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-30278?: CVE-2022-30278 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Synopsys Black Duck Hub, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-05-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-30278?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.