CVE-2022-24573

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the admin interface in Element-IT HTTP Commander 7.0.0 allows unauthenticated users to get admin access by injecting a malicious script in the User-Agent field.

Published: 2022-03-02 Last update: 2026-07-04 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-24573 is rated Low Risk (39.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.59%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-24573

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.39% 0.59% +0.20%
2 2026-03-14 0.65% 0.39% -0.26%
3 2025-04-06 0.65%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-24573

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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]
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]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-24573

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-24573

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
element-it http_commander >= 5.0.0, < 5.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:element-it:http_commander:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
element-it http_commander 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:element-it:http_commander:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-24573

URL Tags
https://www.element-it.com/news.aspx Mitigation Release Notes Vendor Advisory
http://element-it.com Vendor Advisory
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