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Vulnerabilities/CVE-2022-39197Public Intelligence Dossier
Source: helpsystems · Limited verification•Last verified: •Collection Degraded
CVE-2022-39197ListedMEDIUM (raw)CVSS 6.1CWE-79

An XSS (Cross Site Scripting) vulnerability was found in HelpSystems Cobalt Strike through 4.7 that allowed a remote attacker to execute HTML on the Cobalt Strike teamserver

Published: 22 Sept 2022•Last updated: 17 Jun 2026, 10:27 AM IST•Source identifier: cve@mitre.org
Dossier completeness: source-provided sections 3 / 3 · rule guidance available. Missing source facts count as incomplete.
Official source
CISA KEV catalog
Listed
Added30 Mar 2023
Due20 Apr 2023
RansomwareUnknown
CVSS score
6.1MEDIUM (raw)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Metric sourcenvd@nist.gov
EPSS probability
44.1%0.441
Percentile99th
Weakness type
CWE-79
No further CWE recorded
Remediation
Patch status unknown
No fixed version or KB recorded

Why It Matters

Analysis dossier

Why It Matters

An XSS (Cross Site Scripting) vulnerability was found in HelpSystems Cobalt Strike through 4.7 that allowed a remote attacker to execute HTML on the Cobalt Strike teamserver. To exploit the vulnerability, one must first inspect a Cobalt Strike payload, and then modify the username field in the payload (or create a new payload with the extracted information and then modify that username field to be malformed).

SOC priority

Immediate Attention

Actively exploited (source statement)

Yes

Publicly disclosed

Unknown

Risk basis: CISA KEV exploitation signal; Source-confirmed exploitation or CISA KEV/ransomware metadata

Affected Products & Remediation

1 source-backed product
Affected products and versions (source)
  • helpsystems cobalt strike · < 4.7.1 · NVD CPE · Source
Recorded patch / KBNot provided by source

Vendor or catalog guidance (source)

  • CISA KEV: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Known exploitation (source facts)

Only what a source states. Unknown means no source has said either way; it is not "not exploited".

CISA KEV
Listed
Exploited (source statement)
Yes
Publicly disclosed (source)
Unknown

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Suggested hunting (rule-based inference)

SecOps Signal recommendation (rule-based inference). These steps are hunting hypotheses from the vulnerability class; they do not state or imply that exploitation occurred here or anywhere.

Matched kev-network-exposure (CVSS AV:N, CISA KEV Listed); cross-site-scripting (CWE-79)

Exposure

  1. Identify assets with the exact CVE and confirm the affected product/version against the advisory.Telemetry: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities · KEV listing raises urgency, but inventory is needed to establish local exposure. · Rule kev-network-exposure
  2. Identify the affected web component and source-stated version range.Telemetry: Application inventory · The weakness class does not identify local deployment. · Rule cross-site-scripting

Exploitation evidence

  1. Review relevant edge or application access logs for unusual requests around the advisory window.Telemetry: CommonSecurityLog · Log review is a hunting hypothesis; KEV listing alone does not show local exploitation. · Rule kev-network-exposure
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Exploitation evidence

  1. Review suspicious script-bearing requests to the affected endpoint.Telemetry: Application access logs · Requests are leads, not evidence that a user session was compromised. · Rule cross-site-scripting

Response

  1. Recheck the affected assets after the source-stated mitigation or update is applied.Telemetry: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities · A follow-up inventory check verifies local remediation. · Rule kev-network-exposure

CISA KEV Record

Catalog entry
30 Mar 2023
Required action due
20 Apr 2023
Known ransomware use
Unknown

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Change History & Source Data

— No recorded material change

CNA / source
cve@mitre.org
Record status · verification
UPDATED · CISA KEV confirmed
CPE
cpe:2.3:a:helpsystems:cobalt_strike:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Evidence & Provenance

4 public sources
CISA KEV CatalogAdded 2023-03-30cobaltstrike.comSource recordnvd.nist.govSource recordcobaltstrike.comSource record

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Detection Hunting Query
Target: DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities•Defender XDR
Detect endpoints exposed to CVE-2022-39197
Purpose: Exposure assessment (Category: Exposure Check)Why linked: Query metadata names CVE-2022-39197
DeviceTvmSoftwareVulnerabilities| where CveId == "CVE-2022-39197"| project DeviceId, DeviceName, OSPlatform, OSVersion, SoftwareVendor, SoftwareName, SoftwareVersion, CveId, VulnerabilitySeverityLevel, RecommendedSecurityUpdate, RecommendedSecurityUpdateId| sort by VulnerabilitySeverityLevel desc
Schema Checked · Not runtime validatedSource: SecOps Signal deterministic template · Limited verificationStatic screening: Passed structure and schema checks; tenant execution is not verified.
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