TI-2022-20764 Aliases CVE-2022-42746 GHSA-xhh6-6v9x-7wmr

Cross-site scripting in CandidATS

MEDIUM 60CWE-79Published 2022-11-03 · Updated 2025-05-05

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

CandidATS version 3.0.0 on 'indexFile' of the 'ajax.php' resource, allows an external attacker to steal the cookie of arbitrary users. This is possible because the application application does not properly validate user input against XSS attacks.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.01387 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	CandidATS	3.0.0	—	No fix listed	CNA

CandidATS Vendor— Affected 3.0.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:auieo:candidats:3.0.0:-::::::	3.0.0	Vulnerable	Auieo

cpe:2.3:a:auieo:candidats:3.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0.0 Vulnerable ·Auieo

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-42746
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xhh6-6v9x-7wmr

References

Exploit 1

https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/modestep/

Other 1

https://candidats.net/

TI-2022-20762 SQL injection in CandidATS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-20769 Cross-site request forgery in CandidATS CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-20768 Cross-site scripting in CandidATS CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-20767 Cross-site scripting in CandidATS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2022-20766 Cross-site scripting in CandidATS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2022-20765 Cross-site scripting in CandidATS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1

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Sources

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