What is CVE-2022-42960?

CVE-2022-42960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Equalweb Accessibility Widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-11-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-42960?

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

XSS in Equalweb Accessibility Widget

CVE-2022-42960

EqualWeb Accessibility Widget 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.1.10, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 4.0.0, and 4.0.1 allows DOM XSS due to improper validation of message events to accessibility.js.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.004 (28.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Equalweb Equalweb_accessibility_widget — versions 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42960?: CVE-2022-42960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Equalweb Accessibility Widget, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-11-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-42960?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.