What is CVE-2022-41431?

CVE-2022-41431 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mindskip Xzs, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-41431?

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

XSS in Mindskip Xzs

CVE-2022-41431

xzs v3.8.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /admin/question/edit. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Title text field.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-10-17 · 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: 0.007 (51.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Mindskip Xzs — versions 3.8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/mindskip/xzs (Third Party Advisory)
sudsy-fish-73d.notion.site/XSS-about-xzs-system-31f689f2f3014ba99f12423fae521e49 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.mindskip.net/xzs.html;
github.com/mindskip/xzs.aa (Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41431?: CVE-2022-41431 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mindskip Xzs, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-41431?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.