5.5

CVE-2022-34009: fossil-scm fossil Cross-site Scripting

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-34009
Published 27-07-2022Last modified 03-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-34009 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in fossil-scm fossil. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 27-07-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Fossil 2.18 on Windows allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an XSS payload in a ticket. This occurs because the ticket data is stored in a temporary file, and the product does not properly handle the absence of this file after Windows Defender has flagged it as malware.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

29%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.36% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (gainsec.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Fossil-scm1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • fossilAll versions (No fix recorded)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

4 links