{"id":"CVE-2022-42747","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-42747","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:45:14.636Z","title":"CandidATS version 3.0.0 on 'sortBy' of the 'ajax.php' resource, allows an external attacker to steal the cookie of arbitrary users.","description":"CandidATS version 3.0.0 on 'sortBy' 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.\n\n","published":"2022-11-03T20:15:33.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:05:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"help@fluidattacks.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["auieo/candidats"],"epss":{"score":0.01164,"percentile":0.67066,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://candidats.net/","tags":["Product"],"source":"help@fluidattacks.com"},{"url":"https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/modestep/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"help@fluidattacks.com"},{"url":"https://candidats.net/","tags":["Product"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/modestep/","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42747","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}