What is CVE-2022-42147?

CVE-2022-42147 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Keking Kkfileview, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-10-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-42147?

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

XSS in Keking Kkfileview

CVE-2022-42147

kkFileView 4.0 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) via controller\ Filecontroller.java.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-10-17 · 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: 0.004 (35.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 35.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Keking Kkfileview — versions 4.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/xiaojiangxl/paper/blob/main/kkFileView/xss_vul_en.md (Third Party Advisory, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42147?: CVE-2022-42147 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Keking Kkfileview, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-10-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-42147?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.