Cross-site scripting in Sophos Connect client - CVE-2022-4901
Published: March 16, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU73763
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-4901
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 in the local UI. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary HTML and script code via a malicious VPN configuration.
Affected software
Sophos Connect client
How to mitigate CVE-2022-4901
Install update from vendor's website.
Sophos Connect client - update to 2.2.90