Vulnerabilites related to Sitecore - Content Mangement System (CMS)
CVE-2022-4979 (GCVE-0-2022-4979)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-07-25 15:55
Modified
2025-07-25 17:43
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Sitecore Experience Platform Version: 7.5 Initial Release   <
Version: 8.0 Initial Release   <
Version: 8.1 Initial Release   <
Version: 8.2 Initial Release   <
Version: 9.0 Initial Release   <
Version: 9.1 Initial Release   <
Version: 9.2 Initial Release
Version: 9.3 Initial Release
Version: 10.0 Initial Release   <
Version: 10.1 Initial Release   <
Version: 10.2 Initial Release
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