Cross-site scripting in phoronix-test-suite - CVE-2022-0157
Published: January 19, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU59831
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-0157
CWE-ID: CWE-79
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote authenticated attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Affected software
phoronix-test-suite
Fedora
phoronix-test-suite
Fedora
phoronix-test-suite
How to mitigate CVE-2022-0157
Install updates from vendor's website.
phoronix-test-suite - update to 10.8.0
phoronix-test-suite - addressed in versions 10.8.1-1.el8, 10.8.1-1.el9, 10.8.1-1.fc34, 10.8.1-1.fc35, 10.8.1-2.el7
phoronix-test-suite - addressed in versions 10.8.1-1.el8, 10.8.1-1.el9, 10.8.1-1.fc34, 10.8.1-1.fc35, 10.8.1-2.el7