CVE-2022-4862 — Rendering of HTML provided by another authenticated user is possible in browser

Rendering of HTML provided by another authenticated user is possible in browser on M-Files Web before 22.12.12140.3. This allows the content to steal user sensitive information.

01What is this vulnerability?

Rendering of HTML provided by another authenticated user is possible in browser on M-Files Web before 22.12.12140.3. This allows the content to steal user sensitive information.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
M-Files	M	Files New Web — 0

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: 2023-03-06T10:46:20.520Z
• Last modified: 2026-02-23T08:17:22.154Z

09References

• www.m-files.com — https://www.m-files.com/about/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2022-4862/
• product.m-files.com — https://product.m-files.com/security-advisories/cve-2022-4862/
• empower.m-files.com — https://empower.m-files.com/security-advisories/CVE-2022-4862