CVE-2022-39197

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).

CVSS v3 6.1 MEDIUM

6.1^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/out-of-band-update-cobalt-strike-4-7-1/	Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/tag/release/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/out-of-band-update-cobalt-strike-4-7-1/	Mitigation Vendor Advisory
https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/tag/release/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-39197

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:helpsystems:cobalt_strike:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2022-09-22 01:15

Updated : 2025-10-22 00:18

NVD link : CVE-2022-39197

Mitre link : CVE-2022-39197

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-39197

JSON object : View

Products Affected

helpsystems

cobalt_strike

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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