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Reflected XSS in querystring parameters

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Nov 21, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 29, 2025

Package

composer silverstripe/framework (Composer)

Affected versions

>= 4.0.0, < 4.11.13

Patched versions

4.11.13

Description

An attacker could inject a XSS payload in a Silverstripe CMS response by carefully crafting a return URL on a /dev/build or /Security/login request.

To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would need to convince a user to follow a link with a malicious payload.

This will only affect projects configured to output PHP warnings to the browser. By default, Silverstripe CMS will only output PHP warnings if your SS_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE environment variable is set to dev. Production sites should always set SS_ENVIRONMENT_TYPE to live.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Nov 21, 2022
Reviewed Nov 21, 2022
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Nov 22, 2022
Last updated Apr 29, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(63rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-38462

GHSA ID

GHSA-vvxf-r4vm-2vm6

Source code

No known source code
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