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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
19.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:phppointofsale:php_point_of_sale:19.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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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.