Vulnerability · Published Nov 3, 2022 · Assigned by Fluid Attacks
CVE-2022-42750
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity cross-site scripting in CandidATS. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 69% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 30.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
CandidATS version 3.0.0 allows an external attacker to steal the cookie of arbitrary users. This is possible because the application does not correctly validate the files uploaded by the user.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H