CVE-2022-42948

9.8

CVSS
Critical

PUBLISHED

Cobalt Strike 4.7.1 fails to properly escape HTML tags when they are displayed on Swing components. By injecting crafted HTML code, it is possible...

Exploited in the wild Remote Low complexity No user interaction

Vendor: HelpSystems
Product: Cobalt Strike
Published: Mar 24, 2023
EPSS: —

Description

Cobalt Strike 4.7.1 fails to properly escape HTML tags when they are displayed on Swing components. By injecting crafted HTML code, it is possible to remotely execute code in the Cobalt Strike UI.

windows cisa

CVSS scores

CVSS v3.1 9.8 Critical

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation status

Exploited in the wild

Recorded 2023-03-30 00:00:00 UTC · Source

SSVC decision points

Exploitation: active
Automatable: Yes
Technical impact: total

References

Known exploited vulnerability sources

Catalogues that list this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability.

Source	Added
CISA	Mar 30, 2023

Vulnerability detail