5.4

CVE-2022-40044: centreon Cross-site Scripting

Modified
Published 26-09-2022Last modified 21-05-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-40044 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in centreon. EPSS estimates a 0.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.4/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.77%
0%100%
Low · +0.12 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 26-09-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-05-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Centreon v20.10.18 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the esc_name (Escalation Name) parameter at Configuration/Notifications/Escalations. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.77%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

55%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.12 pp

From 0.65% 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 (hakaioffensivesecurity.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Centreon1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links