CVE-2022-42747 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting CandidATS version 3.0.0. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw by injecting malicious scripts into the 'sortBy' parameter of the 'ajax.php' resource, leading to the theft of arbitrary user cookies. The CVSS score is 6.1, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity requiring user interaction, resulting in low confidentiality and integrity impacts. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, ExploitDB) has been observed, Nuclei templates exist for detection, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:auieo:candidats:3.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.