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CVE-2022-39197
MEDIUMCISA KEV6.1
Description
An XSS (Cross Site Scripting) vulnerability was found in HelpSystems Cobalt Strike through 4.7 that allowed a remote attacker to execute HTML on the Cobalt Strike teamserver. To exploit the vulnerability, one must first inspect a Cobalt Strike payload, and then modify the username field in the payload (or create a new payload with the extracted information and then modify that username field to be malformed).
CVE Details
CVSS v3.1 Score6.1
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack VectorNETWORK
ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionREQUIRED
Published9/22/2022
Last Modified11/3/2025
Sourcekev
Honeypot Sightings0
CISA KEV
VendorFortra
ProductCobalt Strike
Vulnerability NameFortra Cobalt Strike Teamserver Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability
KEV Date Added2023-03-30
Remediation Due Date2023-04-20
Ransomware UseUnknown
Affected Products
helpsystems:cobalt_strike
Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-79CWE-79
References
https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/tag/release/(cve@mitre.org)
https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/out-of-band-update-cobalt-strike-4-7-1/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/tag/release/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-39197(134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
IOC Correlations
No correlations recorded
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