Octopus Server Help Sidebar cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Octopus Server and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Help Sidebar. Performing a manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-4898. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Octopus Server (the affected version unknown). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Help Sidebar. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

In affected versions of Octopus Server the help sidebar can be customized to include a Cross-Site Scripting payload in the support link. This was initially resolved in advisory 2022-07 however it was identified that the fix could be bypassed in certain circumstances. A different approach was taken to prevent the possibility of the support link being susceptible to XSS

The weakness was released 01/31/2023. It is possible to read the advisory at advisories.octopus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-4898 since 01/30/2023. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-79 / CWE-94 / CWE-74
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

01/30/2023 🔍
01/31/2023 +1 days 🔍
01/31/2023 +0 days 🔍
03/27/2025 +786 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: advisories.octopus.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-4898 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-4898
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-219831

Entryinfo

Created: 01/31/2023 16:04
Updated: 03/27/2025 19:17
Changes: 01/31/2023 16:04 (37), 02/25/2023 18:47 (11), 03/27/2025 19:17 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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