6.1

CVE-2022-4521: wso2 carbon-registry Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.1v3.1MediumModified
AliasesGHSA-gp5f-gqgq-7254
Published 15-12-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-4521 is a medium (CVSS 6.1) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in wso2 carbon-registry. EPSS estimates a 0.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.1/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.62%
0%100%
Low · +0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-12-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in WSO2 carbon-registry up to 4.8.6. This affects an unknown part of the component Request Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument parentPath/path/username/path/profile_menu leads to cross site scripting. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Upgrading to version 4.8.7 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 9f967abfde9317bee2cda469dbc09b57d539f2cc. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-215901 was assigned to this vulnerability.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.62%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

49%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.05 pp

From 0.57% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.62%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Org.wso2.carbon.registry1 product
  • carbon-registry< 4.8.7
Wso21 product
  • carbon-registry4.8.0 | 4.8.1 | 4.8.2 | 4.8.3 | 4.8.4 | 4.8.5 | 4.8.6 | < 4.8.7

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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