CVE-2022-32173 | OrchardCore - HTML Injection

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In OrchardCore rc1-11259 to v1.2.2 vulnerable to HTML injection, allow an authenticated user with an editor security role to inject a persistent HTML modal dialog component into the dashboard that will affect admin users.

Published: 2022-10-03 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-32173 is rated Exploit Available (50.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.51%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-32173

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-32173

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 0.20% 0.51% +0.31%
2 2025-10-08 0.30% 0.20% -0.10%
3 2025-10-05 0.30%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-32173

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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: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: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.
2.3 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-32173

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-32173

GHSA-5gg9-gwj4-mqmj · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: nuget — OrchardCore vulnerable to HTML injection

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-32173

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
orchardcore orchardcore >= 0.0.1, < 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:orchardcore:orchardcore:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-32173

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