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ProcessWire v3.0.200 was discovered to contain multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities via the Search Users and Search Pages function. These vulnerabilities allow attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injection of a crafted payload.
NVD Status： Modified ，CVE State: published
Threat Intelligence & Risk Assessment for CVE-2022-40487
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-40487 is rated Low Risk (35.6/100) : CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%).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-2022-40487
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
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Date
Old EPSS score
New EPSS score
Delta (New - Old)
1
2026-06-15
0.50%
0.41%
-0.09%
2
2026-04-01
0.30%
0.50%
+0.20%
3
2026-01-26
—
0.30%
—
Full EPSS history
(17 records total)
Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-40487
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
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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
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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
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-40487
GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-40487
GHSA-8g35-prrr-gxxf · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: composer
— ProcessWire vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting
Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-40487
Vendor
Product
Version
Raw CPE
processwire
processwire
3.0.200
cpe:2.3:a:processwire:processwire:3.0.200:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References for CVE-2022-40487
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