Cross-site scripting in Sysaid
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
Sysaid – Sysaid 14.2.0 Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) - The parameter "helpPageName" used by the page "/help/treecontent.jsp" suffers from a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability. For an attacker to exploit this Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability, it's necessary for the affected product to expose the Offline Help Pages. An attacker may gain access to sensitive information or execute client-side code in the browser session of the victim user. Furthermore, an attacker would require the victim to open a malicious link. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability in order to perform phishing attacks. The attacker can receive sensitive data like server details, usernames, workstations, etc. He can also perform actions such as uploading files, deleting calls from the system
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SysAid | Sysaid | 22.2.19 cloud version – 22.2.19 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| SysAid | Sysaid | 22.1.63 on premise version – 22.1.63 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-23165
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8mf9-jm2g-r5q7
References
More Sysaid vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-25564 In SysAid On-Premise before 23.3.36, a path traversal vulnerability leads to code… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-02427 SysAid On-Prem <= 23.3.40 serverurl Proceessing XML External Entity Injection KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-02426 SysAid On-Prem <= 23.3.40 Checkin Proceessing XML External Entity Injection KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2025-02428 SysAid On-Prem <= 23.3.40 lshw Proceessing XML External Entity Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2015-02650 Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 allow remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 8.5
- TI-2015-02647 SysAid Help Desk before 15.2 does not properly restrict access to certain functionality… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2022-23165 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-23165 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8mf9-jm2g-r5q7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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