What is CVE-2022-37253?

CVE-2022-37253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Crime Reporting System Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-37253?

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

XSS in Crime Reporting System Project

CVE-2022-37253

Persistent cross-site scripting (XSS) in Crime Reporting System 1.0 allows a remote attacker to introduce arbitary Javascript via manipulation of an unsanitized POST parameter

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-09-06 · 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: 0.008 (54.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Crime Reporting System Project — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

sourcecodehero.com/crime-reporting-system-project-in-php-with-source-code/ (Product, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/167875/Crime-Reporting-System-1.0-Cross-Site-Scri… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-37253?: CVE-2022-37253 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Crime Reporting System Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-37253?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.