TI-2022-17906 Aliases CVE-2022-38220 GHSA-h3vx-9gm4-8j74

An XSS vulnerability exists within Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) through…

LOW 36CWE-79Published 2023-02-28 · Updated 2025-03-18

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 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

An XSS vulnerability exists within Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) through 12.1 that may allow remote injection of arbitrary web script or HTML.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00686 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_systems_management_appliance::::::::	up to 12.1	Vulnerable	Quest

cpe:2.3:a:quest:kace_systems_management_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 12.1 Vulnerable ·Quest

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-38220
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h3vx-9gm4-8j74

References

Advisory 1

https://support.quest.com/kb/4368602/quest-response-to-kace-sma-vulnerability-cve-2022-38220

Other 1

https://support.quest.com/kb/339613

TI-2025-23985 Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA) 13.0.x before 13.0.385, 13.1.x before… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
TI-2021-12037 An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-12041 An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2021-12039 An issue was discovered in Quest KACE Systems Deployment Appliance (SMA) 11.0.273. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-12168 A SQL injection vulnerability exists within Quest KACE Systems Management Appliance (SMA)… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-09298 SQL injection exists in Quest KACE Asset Management Appliance 6.4.120822 through 7.2… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8

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Sources

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