CVE-2022-48197Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) exists in Sandbox examples in the YUI2 repository. The download distributions, TreeView component and…
- 6.1MediumCVSS base score
- 7.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) exists in Sandbox examples in the YUI2 repository. The download distributions, TreeView component and the YUI Javascript library overall are not affected. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template and an Exploit-DB entry for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits2
Nuclei templates1 template
- Yahoo User Interface library (YUI2) TreeView v2.8.2 - Cross-Site Scripting (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-48197.yamlSeverity medium
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Yahoo User Interface library (YUI2) TreeView v2.8.2 - Multiple Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 51198webapps, phppublished 1 Apr 2023Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
Published
- 22 months later
· 22 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.1% · top 5.7% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- https://github.com/ryan412/CVE-2022-48197/blob/main/README.md (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/yui/yui2/tags (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171633/Yahoo-User-Interface-TreeView-2.8.2-Cross-Site-Scripting.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://literatejava.com/security/is-it-really-a-cve-reported-xss-in-yui-2-8-2/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/yui/yui2/blob/yui2-2.8.2-8/sandbox/treeview/inc-rightbar.php (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/ryan412/CVE-2022-48197 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-50907 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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