What is CVE-2022-48012?

CVE-2022-48012 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opencats, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-01-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-48012?

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

XSS in Opencats

CVE-2022-48012

Opencats v0.9.7 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the component /opencats/index.php?m=settings&a=ajax_tags_upd.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2023-01-27 · 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: 0.014 (71.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 71.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Opencats — versions 0.9.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

github.com/Sakura-501/Opencats-0.9.7-Vulnerabilities (Third Party Advisory)
github.com/Sakura-501/Opencats-0.9.7-Vulnerabilities/blob/main/Opencats-0.9.7-R… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48012?: CVE-2022-48012 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opencats, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2023-01-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-48012?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.