What is CVE-2022-45049?

CVE-2022-45049 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Axiell Iguana, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-01-04.

How severe is CVE-2022-45049?

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

XSS in Axiell Iguana

CVE-2022-45049

A reflected XSS vulnerability has been found in Axiell Iguana CMS, allowing an attacker to execute code in a victim's browser. The url parameter on the novelist.php endpoint does not properly neutralise user input, resulting in the vulnerability.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-01-04 · 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 (34.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 34th percentile — 34.1% 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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

csirt.divd.nl/CVE-2022-45049/ (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
csirt.divd.nl/DIVD-2022-00064/ (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-45049?: CVE-2022-45049 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Axiell Iguana, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-01-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-45049?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.