fkie_cve-2022-39197
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2022-09-22 01:15
Modified
2025-10-22 00:18
Severity ?
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
6.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
An XSS (Cross Site Scripting) vulnerability was found in HelpSystems Cobalt Strike through 4.7 that allowed a remote attacker to execute HTML on the Cobalt Strike teamserver. To exploit the vulnerability, one must first inspect a Cobalt Strike payload, and then modify the username field in the payload (or create a new payload with the extracted information and then modify that username field to be malformed).
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/out-of-band-update-cobalt-strike-4-7-1/Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/tag/release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/out-of-band-update-cobalt-strike-4-7-1/Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/tag/release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-39197
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
helpsystems cobalt_strike *


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  "cisaActionDue": "2023-04-20",
  "cisaExploitAdd": "2023-03-30",
  "cisaRequiredAction": "Apply updates per vendor instructions.",
  "cisaVulnerabilityName": "Fortra Cobalt Strike Teamserver Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability",
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              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:helpsystems:cobalt_strike:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "C243ABAF-D316-476E-A1C1-36C398ED4357",
              "versionEndExcluding": "4.7.1",
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    },
    {
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      "value": "Se encontr\u00f3 una vulnerabilidad de tipo XSS (Cross Site Scripting) en HelpSystems Cobalt Strike versiones hasta 4.7 que permit\u00eda a un atacante remoto ejecutar HTML en el servidor de equipos de Cobalt Strike. Para explotar la vulnerabilidad, uno debe primero inspeccionar una carga \u00fatil de Cobalt Strike y, a continuaci\u00f3n, modificar el campo username en la carga \u00fatil (o crear una nueva carga \u00fatil con la informaci\u00f3n extra\u00edda y, a continuaci\u00f3n, modificar ese campo username para que est\u00e9 malformado)"
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  "id": "CVE-2022-39197",
  "lastModified": "2025-10-22T00:18:08.047",
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