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  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2022-39197",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "Cobalt Strike Teamserver — Cross-Site Scripting",
  "summary": "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.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "high",
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    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
    "version": "3.1"
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    "exploit_available": false,
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    "kev_added": "2023-03-30",
    "kev_due": "2023-04-20",
    "prerequisites": "An attacker must first inspect a Cobalt Strike payload, then alter or recreate it with a malformed username."
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  "kill_chain": "execution",
  "recommended_action": "Update Cobalt Strike to a release newer than 4.7.1, which also covers CVE-2022-42948.",
  "confidence": "high",
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      "label": "CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog"
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    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/out-of-band-update-cobalt-strike-4-7-1/"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/tag/release/"
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  "published_at": "2022-09-22T01:15:11.963Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-11-05T08:18:20.755Z",
  "tags": [
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}