What is CVE-2022-38256?

CVE-2022-38256 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tastyigniter, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-08.

How severe is CVE-2022-38256?

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

XSS in Tastyigniter

CVE-2022-38256

TastyIgniter v3.5.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability which allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-09-08 · 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 (45.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 45.6% 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: 0.006 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Tastyigniter

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

www.wizlynxgroup.com/security-research-advisories/vuln/WLX-2022-005 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38256?: CVE-2022-38256 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tastyigniter, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-09-08.
How severe is CVE-2022-38256?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.