What is CVE-2022-40257?

CVE-2022-40257 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cert Vince, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-10.

How severe is CVE-2022-40257?

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

XSS in Cert Vince

CVE-2022-40257

An HTML injection vulnerability exists in CERT/CC VINCE software prior to 1.50.4. An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary HTML via a crafted email with HTML content in the Subject field.

EPSS: 0.004 (28.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Cert Vince
Cert/cc Vince - The Vulnerability Information And Coordination Environment — versions 1.48.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-74 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection)
CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cret@cert.org (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40257?: CVE-2022-40257 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cert Vince, classified under Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component (Injection). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-40257?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.