What is CVE-2022-40626?

CVE-2022-40626 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zabbix Frontend, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-09-14.

How severe is CVE-2022-40626?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

XSS in Zabbix Frontend

CVE-2022-40626

An unauthenticated user can create a link with reflected Javascript code inside the backurl parameter and send it to other authenticated users in order to create a fake account with predefined login, password and role in Zabbix Frontend.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Zabbix Frontend — versions 6.0.0-6.0.6, 6.2.0, 6.0.7rc1
Zabbix — versions 6.2.0
Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 37

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

security@zabbix.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
security@zabbix.com (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40626?: CVE-2022-40626 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Zabbix Frontend, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-09-14.
How severe is CVE-2022-40626?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.