CVE-2022-0571 [Medium] | XSS in Phoronix Test Suite

CVE-2022-0571 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.30%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.38%	1.30%	+0.92%
2	2025-04-28	0.24%	0.38%	+0.14%
3	2025-04-10	—	0.24%	—

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Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

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2026-06-15

0.38%

1.30%

+0.92%

2025-04-28

0.24%

0.38%

+0.14%

2025-04-10

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0.24%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
6.1	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:C) Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius. Confidentiality (C:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	2.8	2.7	[email protected]
6.8	3.0	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:L) Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	2.1	4.7	[email protected]
4.3	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:N) No confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	8.6	2.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

6.1

3.1

MEDIUM

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

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C): Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L): Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

2.8

2.7

[email protected]

6.8

3.0

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L): Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

2.1

4.7

[email protected]

4.3

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M): Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N): No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

8.6

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-0571

vendor	priority	summary	link
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2022-0571 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phoronix-test-suite), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bionic, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 3, ignored 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0571

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-0571

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
phoronix-media	phoronix_test_suite	< 10.8.2	cpe:2.3:a:phoronix-media:phoronix_test_suite::::::::
fedoraproject	extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux	7.0	cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:7.0:::::::*
fedoraproject	extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux	8.0	cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
fedoraproject	extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux	9.0	cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:extra_packages_for_enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	34	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	35	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	36	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:::::::*

References for CVE-2022-0571

URL	Tags
https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/commit/1eac9260c8313f0cfc77837ec676f4e6d68bd833	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/a5039485-6e48-4313-98ad-915506c19ae8	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KSQH5OWXAMWSM7H6VSBRDGTOE7UIOZHZ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PQ2PBBODEOE3BUCYHL5CV47M72ST4I7S/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QO32MBF3FS65K5YIC6CHXAJTLLPAXJED/

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CVE-2022-0571 | Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-0571

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-0571

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-0571

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-0571

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-0571

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-0571

References for CVE-2022-0571