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FKIE_CVE-2022-40257

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2022-10-10 20:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:01

Severity

5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Summary

An HTML injection vulnerability exists in CERT/CC VINCE software prior to 1.50.4. An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary HTML via a crafted email with HTML content in the Subject field.

References

	URL	Tags
	cret@cert.org	https://github.com/CERTCC/VINCE/issues?q=label%3Asecurity	Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
	af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://github.com/CERTCC/VINCE/issues?q=label%3Asecurity	Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	cert	vince	*

JSON

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          "product": "VINCE - The Vulnerability Information and Coordination Environment",
          "vendor": "CERT/CC",
          "versions": [
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              "status": "affected",
              "version": "1.48.0",
              "versionType": "custom"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    },
    {
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    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2022-40257",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-17T05:01:10.940",
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          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "baseScore": 5.4,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "scope": "CHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
          "version": "3.1"
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        "impactScore": 2.7,
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    },
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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      "type": "Secondary"
    },
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          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-79"
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      ],
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  ]
}

CVE-2022-40257 (GCVE-0-2022-40257)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-10 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-03 12:14

Title

An HTML injection vulnerability exists in CERT/CC VINCE software prior to version 1.50.4

Summary

An HTML injection vulnerability exists in CERT/CC VINCE software prior to 1.50.4. An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary HTML via a crafted email with HTML content in the Subject field.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-74 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Assigner

certcc mitre root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/CERTCC/VINCE/issues?q=label%3A…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
CERT/CC	VINCE - The Vulnerability Information and Coordination Environment	Affected: 1.48.0 , < 1.50.4 (custom)

Date Public

2022-10-10 00:00

Credits

Rapid7 researcher Nick Sanzotta discovered and reported this security vulnerability to CERT/CC

Show details on NVD website

JSON

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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