What is CVE-2022-46870?

CVE-2022-46870 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-12-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-46870?

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

XSS in Apache Zeppelin

CVE-2022-46870

An Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin allows logged-in users to execute arbitrary javascript in other users' browsers. This issue affects Apache Zeppelin before 0.8.2. Users are recommended to upgrade to a supported version of Zeppelin.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-12-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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: 0.011 (65.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Apache Zeppelin
Apache Software Foundation Zeppelin — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

lists.apache.org/thread/gb1wdnrm1095xw6qznpsycfrht4lwbwc (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-46870?: CVE-2022-46870 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Zeppelin, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-12-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-46870?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.