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CVE-2022-40288

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-40288 is a critical authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting phppointofsale php_point_of_sale. An attacker with low privileges can inject malicious scripts into user profile fields, which execute when other users view the compromised profile. This can lead to a complete compromise of accounts and privilege escalation, as indicated by its CVSS score of 9.0 (CRITICAL). While no public exploits or active exploitation have been observed, and community discussion is minimal, the potential impact is severe.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
19.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:phppointofsale:php_point_of_sale:19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.0CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.3
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0062 is in the 49th percentile among its peer group of 265 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.6 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

themissinglink.com.au / security-advisories/cve-2022-40288
Third Party Advisory