What is CVE-2022-40704?

CVE-2022-40704 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phoronix-Media Phoronix Test Suite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-01-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-40704?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Phoronix-Media Phoronix Test Suite

CVE-2022-40704

A XSS vulnerability was found in phoromatic_r_add_test_details.php in phoronix-test-suite.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-01-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.006 (47.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 47.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Phoronix-Media Phoronix Test Suite
Phoronix-Test-Suite

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/issues/650 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/commit/d3880d9d3ba795138444d… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40704?: CVE-2022-40704 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phoronix-Media Phoronix Test Suite, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-01-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-40704?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.