CVE-2022-39197
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).
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 6.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 46%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 99
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
CISA KEV — explotada activamente
- Añadida al catálogo: 30/3/2023
- Plazo de remediación: 20/4/2023
- Uso conocido en ransomware: Unknown
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1189Drive-by Compromiseinitial access85 % - Impacto principal
T1059.007JavaScriptexecution75 % - Impacto secundario
T1565.001Stored Data Manipulationimpact60 %
XSS (CWE-79) en teamserver de Cobalt Strike permite ejecutar código HTML/JavaScript mediante campo username malformado tras inspeccionar payload. Vector AV:N/UI:R indica interacción necesaria (inspección). Impacto: ejecución de scripts en cliente (T1059.007) y potencial manipulación de datos (T1565.
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Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-79
- CWE-79
Referencias
- https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/out-of-band-update-cobalt-strike-4-7-1/
- https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/tag/release/
- https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/out-of-band-update-cobalt-strike-4-7-1/
- https://www.cobaltstrike.com/blog/tag/release/
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2022-39197
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