What is CVE-2022-41435?

CVE-2022-41435 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openwrt Luci, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-41435?

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

XSS in Openwrt Luci

CVE-2022-41435

OpenWRT LuCI version git-22.140.66206-02913be was discovered to contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /system/sshkeys.js. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via crafted public key comments.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-11-03 · 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: 0.006 (49.1th percentile), scored 2026-11-02.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 49.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Openwrt Luci — versions git-22.140.66206-02913be

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/openwrt/luci/commit/944b55738e7f9685865d5298248b7fbd7380749e (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
gist.github.com/librick/eacf19bcfc5ca964e0882b4ef9864bf5 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41435?: CVE-2022-41435 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openwrt Luci, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-41435?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.