CVE-2022-40626
Reflected XSS in the backurl parameter of Zabbix Frontend
An unauthenticated user can create a link with reflected Javascript code inside the backurl parameter and send it to other authenticated users in order to create a fake account with predefined login, password and role in Zabbix Frontend.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Reflected XSS in the backurl parameter of Zabbix Frontend
An unauthenticated user can create a link with reflected Javascript code inside the backurl parameter and send it to other authenticated users in order to create a fake account with predefined login, password and role in Zabbix Frontend.
- Record
CVE-2022-40626- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-43900
An unauthenticated user can create a link with reflected Javascript code inside the backurl parameter and send it to other authenticated users in order to create a fake account with predefined login, password and role in Zabbix Frontend.
- Record
EUVD-2022-43900- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-3g95-xf53-275x
An unauthenticated user can create a link with reflected Javascript code inside the backurl...
An unauthenticated user can create a link with reflected Javascript code inside the backurl parameter and send it to other authenticated users in order to create a fake account with predefined login, password and role in Zabbix Frontend.
- Record
GHSA-3g95-xf53-275x- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An unauthenticated user can create a link with reflected Javascript code inside the backurl parameter and send it to other authenticated users in order to create a fake account with predefined login, password and role in Zabbix Frontend.
- Record
CVE-2022-40626- CVSS 3.1
- 4.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
An unauthenticated user can create a link with reflected Javascript code inside the backurl parameter and send it to other authenticated users in order to create a fake account with predefined login, password and role in Zabbix Frontend.
- Record
CVE-2022-40626- CVSS 3.1
- 6.1 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2022-40626 No score
An unauthenticated user can create a link with reflected Javascript code inside the backurl parameter and send it to other authenticated users in order to create a fake account with predefined login, password and role in Zabbix Frontend.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2022-40626- Updated
- 2026-11-03
Affected products
Affected packages
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-40626 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.8) in Dependencytrack Frontend, published September 14, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.80%, the 56th percentile. Fixed in zabbix 1:6.0.7+dfsg-2.
References
support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBX-21350
lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPU4RCRYVNVM3SS523UQXE63ATCTEX5G
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40626
github.com/advisories/GHSA-3g95-xf53-275x
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-40626