Vulnerability · Published Apr 1, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2022-24181
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the affected software. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 6.1% (higher than 93% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei, public proof-of-concept code.
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)6.1%top 6.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling2Nuclei, Public PoC
Official description
Cross-site scripting (XSS) via Host Header injection in PKP Open Journals System 2.4.8 >= 3.3 allows remote attackers to inject arbitary code via the X-Forwarded-Host Header.
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://github.com/pkp/pkp-lib/issues/7649 x_refsource_MISC