CVE-2022-39197 is a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting HelpSystems Cobalt Strike through version 4.7. An attacker can execute HTML on the Cobalt Strike teamserver by modifying the username field within a Cobalt Strike payload. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.1 (Medium) and is rated as a high risk with a FAUCET score of 98/100, indicating a relatively easy attack with potential for limited impact on confidentiality and integrity. Notably, this CVE is listed in the KEV catalog, confirming it is being actively exploited in the wild. Despite active exploitation, no public exploit code is currently available via Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:helpsystems:cobalt_strike:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.