XSS in Simple College Website Project

CVE-2022-40088

Simple College Website v1.0 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the component /college_website/index.php?page=. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the page parameter.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published · last modified .

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (53.8th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 53.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-40088: held from 0.007 to 0.008.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40088?
CVE-2022-40088 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Simple College Website Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-09-22.
How severe is CVE-2022-40088?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-40088 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.