What is CVE-2022-42715?

CVE-2022-42715 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vanderbilt Redcap, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-10-12.

How severe is CVE-2022-42715?

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

XSS in Vanderbilt Redcap

CVE-2022-42715

A reflected XSS vulnerability exists in REDCap before 12.04.18 in the Alerts & Notifications upload feature. A crafted CSV file will, when uploaded, trigger arbitrary JavaScript code execution.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.007 (48.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Vanderbilt Redcap
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42715?: CVE-2022-42715 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Vanderbilt Redcap, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-10-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-42715?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.