CVE-2022-38145

Silverstripe silverstripe/framework through 4.11 allows XSS (issue 1 of 3) via remote attackers adding a Javascript payload to a page's meta description and get it executed in the versioned history compare view.

Published: 2022-11-23 Last update: 2025-04-25 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-38145 is rated Low Risk (34.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). 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-2022-38145

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 2025-11-21 0.28% 0.17% -0.11%
2 2025-11-18 0.17% 0.28% +0.12%
3 2025-08-18 0.17%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-38145

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]
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 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-38145

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-38145

GHSA-66jf-xm2m-7m8r · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer — Stored XSS in Compare Mode

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-38145

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
silverstripe framework >= 1.0.0, < 1.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:silverstripe:framework:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-38145

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