CVE-2022-46332 is a critical stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability affecting Proofpoint Enterprise Protection (PPS/PoD) versions 8.19.0 and below. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw via the Admin Smart Search feature by sending a specially crafted email, leading to administrative privilege escalation within the user interface. With a CVSS score of 9.6 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no known active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.19.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:proofpoint:enterprise_protection:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.