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CVE-2022-31456: A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Truedesk v1.2.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scr...

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Truedesk v1.2.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the team name parameter.

MediumCVSS 6.1Not KEV-listedUpdated
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Plain-English summary

CVE-2022-31456 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting issue in Truedesk v1.2.2. An attacker can place malicious web content in a team name, which may run when another user views it. Business impact is mainly account trust, session exposure, and unauthorized UI actions, not direct server takeover.

Executive priority

Treat as a scheduled remediation item unless Truedesk is internet-facing, handles sensitive support data, or has many privileged users. Prioritize higher if administrators routinely view user-controlled team data.

Technical view

The CVE describes XSS through the Truedesk v1.2.2 team name parameter. CVSS 3.1 score is 6.1: network exploitable, low complexity, no privileges required, but user interaction is required. Scope is changed with low confidentiality and integrity impact, and no availability impact.

Likely exposure

Organizations running Truedesk v1.2.2 are the stated exposure group. The bundle does not provide vendor, CPE, deployment prevalence, or affected-version range beyond v1.2.2.

Exploitation context

The source bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or active exploitation evidence. Exploitation appears to require getting a user to view attacker-controlled team name content in the application.

Researcher notes

Evidence is limited to the CVE description, CVSS vector, KEV=false status, and public references. No official patch version, commit, CWE, CPE, or exploitation confirmation is included in the provided bundle.

Mitigation direction

  • Check Truedesk vendor guidance for a fixed release or official workaround.
  • Upgrade away from Truedesk v1.2.2 if a maintained fixed version exists.
  • Encode team names on output and sanitize untrusted HTML input.
  • Restrict team-management access until remediation is confirmed.
  • Use Content Security Policy as defense-in-depth against XSS impact.

Validation and detection

  • Inventory Truedesk instances and confirm whether v1.2.2 is deployed.
  • Review team name rendering for output encoding and HTML sanitization.
  • Test in staging with a safe non-executing XSS marker.
  • Check logs for unexpected team name changes or suspicious HTML content.
  • Confirm remediation with regression tests covering team name display paths.
Prepared
Confidence
medium
Sources
4

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Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.1 (3.1)
Known Exploited
No
Published

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

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1CVSS vectors
0Timeline events
0ADP providers
3Source links

CVSS vector scores

1 official score

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ScoreVersionSeverityVectorExploitImpactSource
6.1CVSS 3.1MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N2.82.7Primary CVE score

Vulnerability scoring details

Base CVSS 3.1 score

6.1Medium
CVSS 3.1 vector shape for CVE-2022-31456Attack VectorAttack ComplexityPrivileges RequiredUser InteractionScopeConfidentiality ImpactIntegrity ImpactAvailability Impact

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
NetworkAdjacentLocalPhysical
Attack Complexity
LowHigh
Privileges Required
NoneLowHigh
User Interaction
NoneRequired
Scope
ChangedUnchanged
Confidentiality Impact
HighLowNone
Integrity Impact
HighLowNone
Availability Impact
HighLowNone

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