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TI-2022-18577 Aliases CVE-2022-39197GHSA-9jq3-pg7g-c4wc

An XSS (Cross Site Scripting) vulnerability was found in HelpSystems Cobalt Strike…

Priority HIGH 84Exploited in the wildCWE-79Published · Updated

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 (Cross Site Scripting) vulnerability was found in HelpSystems Cobalt Strike through 4.7 that allowed a remote attacker to execute HTML on the Cobalt Strike teamserver. To exploit the vulnerability, one must first inspect a Cobalt Strike payload, and then modify the username field in the payload (or create a new payload with the extracted information and then modify that username field to be malformed).

Why it matters now

Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2023-03-30CISA due date 2023-04-20
EPSS 0.44145 98th 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
Active
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:helpsystems:cobalt_strike:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.7.1VulnerableHelpsystems
  • cpe:2.3:a:helpsystems:cobalt_strike:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.7.1 Vulnerable ·Helpsystems

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2023-03-30 Added to CISA KEV
  2. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-39197
  3. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9jq3-pg7g-c4wc

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2025-09211 Deserialization Vulnerability in GoAnywhere MFT's License Servlet KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2022-20934 Cobalt Strike 4.7.1 fails to properly escape HTML tags when they are displayed on Swing… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-00185 Authentication Bypass in GoAnywhere MFT CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-04900 SQL Injection Vulnerability in FileCatalyst Workflow 5.1.6 Build 135 (and earlier) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-00634 Fortra GoAnywhere MFT License Response Servlet Command Injection KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2024-16604 Remote Code Execution in FileCatalyst Workflow 5.x prior to 5.1.6 Build 114 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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