CVE-2022-42960 (GCVE-0-2022-42960)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-16 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-30 15:50
VLAI
Summary
EqualWeb Accessibility Widget 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.1.10, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 4.0.0, and 4.0.1 allows DOM XSS due to improper validation of message events to accessibility.js.
Severity
5.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
References
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