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CVE-2022-40879

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-40879 describes a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in kkFileView version 4.1.0, specifically exploitable via the 'errorMsg' parameter. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.1) requires user interaction and could lead to information disclosure or limited integrity impact. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, ExploitDB) has been observed, a Nuclei template exists, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:keking:kkfileview:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.1MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
2.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2022-40879 · Oct 25, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0113 is in the 76th percentile among its peer group of 26,220 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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.

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

github.com / kekingcn/kkFileView/issues/389
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory