CVE-2022-21238

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

1.44% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 71.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-05-12 17:01Z4 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-15 19:03Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-02-22

Assigning CNA

talos

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 5.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-80Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)Variant
• CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

bd3c109f4ecdb1d1a1bfdb4ffc4b8921e4baa40b689609a22b6e222a940e560b

• www.inhandnetworks.comhttps://www.inhandnetworks.com/upload/attachment/202205/10/InHand-PSA-2022-01.pdfx_refsource_CONFIRM
• talosintelligence.comhttps://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2022-1469x_refsource_MISC