CVE-2022-38191: HTML injection vulnerability in Portal for ArcGIS

Description

There is an HTML injection issue in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.9.0 and below which may allow a remote, authenticated attacker to inject HTML into some locations in the home application.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2022-38191, by who scored it
Scored by	CVSS	Score	Vector
EsriCNA (assigner)	3.1	Medium6.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVDNVD · Modified	3.1	Medium5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days): 0.60% · top 51% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC: Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.

Weakness

CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection') (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-74 and its CVEs
CWE-79 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-79 and its CVEs

Affected products

Esri · Portal for ArcGIS
- affected all – ≤ 10.8.1

References (1)

https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-enterprise/administration/portal-for-arcgis-security-2022-update-1-patch/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

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Record last updated 10 Apr 2025, 14:57 UTC.