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CVE-2022-4979
Sitecore XP 7.5 - 10.2, CMS 7.2, and Managed Cloud XSS
Medium5.1EPSS 0.72%
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- Updated
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- VulnCheck
Description
A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Sitecore Experience Platform (XP) 7.5 - 10.2 and CMS 7.2 - 7.2 Update-6 that may allow authenticated Sitecore Shell users to be tricked into executing custom JS code. Managed Cloud Standard customers who run the affected Sitecore Experience Platform / CMS versions are also affected.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium5.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 4.0 | Medium5.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.72% · top 46% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
Sitecore · Experience Platform
- affected 7.5 Initial Release – ≤ 7.5 Update-2
- affected 8.0 Initial Release – ≤ 8.0 Update-7
- affected 8.1 Initial Release – ≤ 8.1 Update-3
- affected 8.2 Initial Release – ≤ 8.2 Update-7
- affected 9.0 Initial Release – ≤ 9.0 Update-2
- affected 9.1 Initial Release – ≤ 9.1 Update 1
- affected 9.2 Initial Release
- affected 9.3 Initial Release
- affected 10.0 Initial Release – ≤ 10.0 Update-3
- affected 10.1 Initial Release – ≤ 10.1 Update-2
- affected 10.2 Initial Release
Sitecore · Content Mangement System (CMS)
- affected 7.2 Initial Release – ≤ 7.2 Update-6
- affected *
References (3)
- https://support.sitecore.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1001489 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
- https://support.sitecore.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1001539 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sitecore-xp-cms-managed-cloud-xss (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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