CVE-2022-48197

Exp

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) exists in Sandbox examples in the YUI2 repository. The download distributions, TreeView component and the YUI Javascript library overall are not affected. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Published: 2023-01-02 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-48197 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 36.73%, 97th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.21% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2022-48197

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
51198 exploit_db edb 2023-04-01 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-48197

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 2026-03-30 32.52% 36.73% +4.21%
2 2026-02-22 33.59% 32.52% -1.07%
3 2026-02-12 — 33.59% —

Full EPSS history (32 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-48197

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-2022-48197

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-48197

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-48197 medium priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (maas, yui, yui3), 21 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 9, not-affected 7, ignored 3, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-48197

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-48197

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
yui_project yui >= 2000, <= 2800 cpe:2.3:a:yui_project:yui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-48197

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