{"id":"CVE-2022-4979","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-4979","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:39:20.412Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2025-07-25T16:15:27.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:22:29.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":5.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00721,"percentile":0.53686,"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 (0.72%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.sitecore.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1001489","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://support.sitecore.com/kb?id=kb_article_view&sysparm_article=KB1001539","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sitecore-xp-cms-managed-cloud-xss","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4979","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."}