critical Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2022-42948Cobalt Strike — Interface Markup Injection to Code Execution
Cobalt Strike 4.7.1 does not properly escape markup shown in its Java Swing components, so injected crafted markup can remotely run code in its user interface.
Read the risk
THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 9.8/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 2.7% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2023-03-24
- Added to KEV
- 2023-03-30
- CISA due date
- 2023-04-20
- Exploit published
- Not recorded
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- execution
- MITRE ATT&CK
- —
- Severity
- critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker needsThe ability to get crafted markup displayed in the Cobalt Strike user interface.
Behind the card
5 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisorycobaltstrike.comcobaltstrike.com
- 04Writeupthesecmaster.comthesecmaster.com
- 05Writeupredpacketsecurity.comredpacketsecurity.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, published_at, references | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-11-05 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added, exploitation.kev_due | cisa.gov | 2026-11-05 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-11-05 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, subtitle, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-11-05 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
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