high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2022-39197Cobalt Strike Teamserver — Cross-Site Scripting

A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw in Cobalt Strike through 4.7 lets a remote attacker set a malformed username in a payload's configuration and run markup on the teamserver, which can lead to remote code execution.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Update Cobalt Strike to a release newer than 4.7.1, which also covers CVE-2022-42948.

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THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
6.1/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
44.1%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2022-09-22
Added to KEV
2023-03-30
CISA due date
2023-04-20
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
execution
MITRE ATT&CK
T1059.007
Severity
high

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

Attacker needsAn attacker must first inspect a Cobalt Strike payload, then alter or recreate it with a malformed username.

Behind the card

4 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, published_at, referencesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added, exploitation.kev_duecisa.gov2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-11-05scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, subtitle, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-11-05claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

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