Cross-site scripting in sanitize-url - CVE-2022-48345
Published: November 17, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU83240
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-2022-48345
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 via HTML entities.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data. A remote 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
sanitize-url
IBM Process Mining
IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions
IBM Process Mining
IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions
How to mitigate CVE-2022-48345
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..
sanitize-url - update to 6.0.2
IBM Process Mining - update to 1.14.0
IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions - update to 9.0.1
IBM Process Mining - update to 1.14.0
IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions - update to 9.0.1