CVE-2022-36033 | jsoup may not sanitize Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) attempts if SafeList.preserveRelativeLinks is enabled

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jsoup is a Java HTML parser, built for HTML editing, cleaning, scraping, and cross-site scripting (XSS) safety. jsoup may incorrectly sanitize HTML including `javascript:` URL expressions, which could allow XSS attacks when a reader subsequently clicks that link. If the non-default `SafeList.preserveRelativeLinks` option is enabled, HTML including `javascript:` URLs that have been crafted with control characters will not be sanitized. If the site that this HTML is published on does not set a Content Security Policy, an XSS attack is then possible. This issue is patched in jsoup 1.15.3. Users should upgrade to this version. Additionally, as the unsanitized input may have been persisted, old content should be cleaned again using the updated version. To remediate this issue without immediately upgrading: - disable `SafeList.preserveRelativeLinks`, which will rewrite input URLs as absolute URLs - ensure an appropriate [Content Security Policy](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP) is defined. (This should be used regardless of upgrading, as a defence-in-depth best practice.)

Published: 2022-08-29 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-36033 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.16%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-36033

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-36033

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 1.78% 1.16% -0.61%
2 2026-06-02 1.64% 1.78% +0.14%
3 2026-03-04 — 1.64% —

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-36033

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]
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]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-36033

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-36033

GHSA-gp7f-rwcx-9369 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — jsoup may not sanitize code injection XSS attempts if SafeList.preserveRelativeLinks is enabled

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-36033

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-36033 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (jsoup), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-36033
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-36033
suse medium CVE-2022-36033 severity moderate: SUSE including 9 source package names (11-6.2:jsoup-1.15.3-150200.3.6.1, 17.0.15.0-7.6:jsoup-1.15.3-150200.3.6.1, …), 20 product×package rows across 14 product lines (Container bci/openjdk-devel, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3, … (14 product lines)): Fixed 20. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-36033/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-36033 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jsoup), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 8, ignored 5. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-36033

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-36033

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jsoup jsoup < 1.15.3 cpe:2.3:a:jsoup:jsoup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp management_services_for_element_software — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:management_services_for_element_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp management_services_for_netapp_hci — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:management_services_for_netapp_hci:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_workflow_automation — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-36033

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