CVE-2022-48345

sanitize-url (aka @braintree/sanitize-url) before 6.0.2 allows XSS via HTML entities.

Published: 2023-02-24 Last update: 2025-03-12 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-48345 is rated Moderate Risk (48.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.58%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-48345

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 2026-05-06 0.68% 0.58% -0.09%
2 2026-03-14 0.58% 0.68% +0.09%
3 2026-03-09 — 0.58% —

Full EPSS history (38 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-48345

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

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-48345

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-48345

GHSA-q8gg-vj6m-hgmj · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: npm — @braintree/sanitize-url Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-48345

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-48345 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (node-mermaid), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-48345
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48345
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-48345 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (node-mermaid), 13 status rows across 13 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 8, ignored 3, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-48345

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-48345

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
paypal braintree\/sanitize-url < 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:paypal:braintree\/sanitize-url:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

References for CVE-2022-48345

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