CVE-2022-38162 — Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WithSecure through 2022-

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WithSecure through 2022-08-10) exists within the F-Secure Policy Manager due to an unvalidated parameter in the endpoint, which allows remote attackers to provide a malicious input.

01What is this vulnerability?

Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in WithSecure through 2022-08-10) exists within the F-Secure Policy Manager due to an unvalidated parameter in the endpoint, which allows remote attackers to provide a malicious input.

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: 2022-10-25T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-05-07T20:15:47.590Z

09References

• withsecure.com — https://withsecure.com
• www.withsecure.com — https://www.withsecure.com/en/support/security-advisories/cve-2022-38162?_gl=1%2…
• www.withsecure.com — https://www.withsecure.com/en/support/security-advisories