CVE-2022-38145 — Silverstripe silverstripe/framework through 4

Silverstripe silverstripe/framework through 4.11 allows XSS (issue 1 of 3) via remote attackers adding a Javascript payload to a page's meta description and get it executed in the versioned history compare view.

01What is this vulnerability?

Silverstripe silverstripe/framework through 4.11 allows XSS (issue 1 of 3) via remote attackers adding a Javascript payload to a page's meta description and get it executed in the versioned history compare view.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-11-23T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-25T20:28:02.691Z

09References

• www.silverstripe.org — https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/
• www.silverstripe.org — https://www.silverstripe.org/blog/tag/release
• forum.silverstripe.org — https://forum.silverstripe.org/c/releases
• www.silverstripe.org — https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/CVE-2022-38145