What is CVE-2022-42001?

CVE-2022-42001 is a low-severity vulnerability in Hallowelt Bluespice, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2022-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-42001?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.

XSS in Hallowelt Bluespice

CVE-2022-42001

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in BlueSpiceBookshelf extension of BlueSpice allows user with regular account and edit permissions to inject arbitrary HTML into the book navigation.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-11-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 17.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Hallowelt Bluespice
Hallo Welt! Gmbh Bluespice — versions 4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/Security:Security_Advisories/BSSA-2022-05 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42001?: CVE-2022-42001 is a low-severity vulnerability in Hallowelt Bluespice, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2022-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-42001?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.