CVE-2022-39197
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
22/09/2022
Last modified:
03/11/2025
Description
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).
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.10
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:helpsystems:cobalt_strike:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.7.1 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/out-of-band-update-cobalt-strike-4-7-1/
- https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/tag/release/
- https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/out-of-band-update-cobalt-strike-4-7-1/
- https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/tag/release/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-39197



