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CVE-2022-4979 — A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Sitecore Experience Platfor

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Sitecore Experience Platform (XP) 7.5 - 10.2 and CMS 7.2 - 7.2 Update-6 that may allow authenticated Sitecore Shell users to be tricked into executing custom JS code. Managed Cloud Standard customers who run the affected Siteco

CVSS
5.1 MEDIUM
EPSS
0.02% (top 96.70%)
CWE
CWE-79
Published
2025-07-25T15:55:36.039Z
Last modified
2025-11-21T16:05:35.685Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

01What is this vulnerability?

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in Sitecore Experience Platform (XP) 7.5 - 10.2 and CMS 7.2 - 7.2 Update-6 that may allow authenticated Sitecore Shell users to be tricked into executing custom JS code. Managed Cloud Standard customers who run the affected Sitecore Experience Platform / CMS versions are also affected.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
SitecoreExperience Platform7.5 Initial Release, 8.0 Initial Release, 8.1 Initial Release, 8.2 Initial Release, 9.0 Initial Release, 9.1 Initial Release, 9.2 Initial Release, 9.3 Initial Release, 10.0 Initial Release, 10.1 Initial Release, 10.2 Initial Release
SitecoreContent Mangement System (CMS)7.2 Initial Release
SitecoreManaged Cloud*

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

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

09References

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