What is CVE-2022-36197?

CVE-2022-36197 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bigtreecms Bigtree Cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-08-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-36197?

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

XSS in Bigtreecms Bigtree Cms

CVE-2022-36197

BigTree CMS 4.4.16 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file upload vulnerability which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF file.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-08-03 · 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 (45.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 45.9% 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

Bigtreecms Bigtree Cms — versions 4.4.16

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/bigtreecms/BigTree-CMS/issues/392 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36197?: CVE-2022-36197 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Bigtreecms Bigtree Cms, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-08-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-36197?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.