CVE-2022-38972

Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Movable Type plugin A-Form versions prior to 4.1.1 (for Movable Type 7 Series) and versions prior to 3.9.1 (for Movable Type 6 Series) allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script.

Published: 2022-09-12 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-38972 is rated Moderate Risk (51.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.28%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-38972

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 2025-09-22 1.75% 1.28% -0.48%
2 2025-09-16 0.94% 1.75% +0.82%
3 2025-09-13 — 0.94% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-38972

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]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-38972

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-38972

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ark-web a-form < 3.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:ark-web:a-form:*:*:*:*:*:movable_type_6_series:*:*
ark-web a-form < 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ark-web:a-form:*:*:*:*:*:movable_type_7_series:*:*

References for CVE-2022-38972

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