What is CVE-2022-42993?

CVE-2022-42993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Password Storage Application Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-42993?

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

XSS in Password Storage Application Project

CVE-2022-42993

Password Storage Application v1.0 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the Setup page.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-10-27 · last modified 2026-07-09.

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: 0.005 (39.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.9% 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: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Password Storage Application Project — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Not Applicable)
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (URL Repurposed, Not Applicable)
github.com/draco1725/POC/blob/main/Exploit/Password Storage Application/XSS (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42993?: CVE-2022-42993 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Password Storage Application Project, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-42993?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.