{"id":"CVE-2022-41947","aliases":["EUVD-2022-45057","GHSA-763w-rm78-6xcg"],"status":"published","title":"Cross-site Scripting with user-uploaded files in dhis2-core","description":"DHIS 2 is an open source information system for data capture, management, validation, analytics and visualization. Through various features of DHIS2, an authenticated user may be able to upload a file which includes embedded javascript. The user could then potentially trick another authenticated user to open the malicious file in a browser which would trigger the javascript code, resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. DHIS2 administrators should upgrade to the following hotfix releases: 2.36.12.1, 2.37.8.1, 2.38.2.1, 2.39.0.1. Users unable to upgrade may add the following simple CSP rule in your web proxy to the vulnerable endpoints: `script-src 'none'`. This workaround will prevent all javascript from running on those endpoints.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.0038,"percentile":0.32369,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2022-12-08T22:14:14Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:55Z","products":[{"vendor":"dhis2","product":"dhis2-core"},{"vendor":"dhis2","product":"dhis_2"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/dhis2/dhis2-core/security/advisories/GHSA-763w-rm78-6xcg","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Mitigation","Third Party Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Third Party Advisory","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/41xxx/CVE-2022-41947.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41947","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2022-41947","title":"Cross-site Scripting with user-uploaded files in dhis2-core ","description":"DHIS 2 is an open source information system for data capture, management, validation, analytics and visualization. Through various features of DHIS2, an authenticated user may be able to upload a file which includes embedded javascript. The user could then potentially trick another authenticated user to open the malicious file in a browser which would trigger the javascript code, resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. DHIS2 administrators should upgrade to the following hotfix releases: 2.36.12.1, 2.37.8.1, 2.38.2.1, 2.39.0.1. Users unable to upgrade may add the following simple CSP rule in your web proxy to the vulnerable endpoints: `script-src 'none'`. This workaround will prevent all javascript from running on those endpoints.","status":"published","published":"2022-12-08T22:14:14.759Z","modified":"2025-04-23T16:30:27.064Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:34:28.374916Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2022-45057","description":"DHIS 2 is an open source information system for data capture, management, validation, analytics and visualization. Through various features of DHIS2, an authenticated user may be able to upload a file which includes embedded javascript. The user could then potentially trick another authenticated user to open the malicious file in a browser which would trigger the javascript code, resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. DHIS2 administrators should upgrade to the following hotfix releases: 2.36.12.1, 2.37.8.1, 2.38.2.1, 2.39.0.1. Users unable to upgrade may add the following simple CSP rule in your web proxy to the vulnerable endpoints: `script-src 'none'`. This workaround will prevent all javascript from running on those endpoints.","status":"published","published":"2022-12-08T22:14:14Z","modified":"2025-04-23T16:30:27Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:52:12.74685Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2022-41947","description":"DHIS 2 is an open source information system for data capture, management, validation, analytics and visualization. Through various features of DHIS2, an authenticated user may be able to upload a file which includes embedded javascript. The user could then potentially trick another authenticated user to open the malicious file in a browser which would trigger the javascript code, resulting in a cross-site scripting (XSS) attack. DHIS2 administrators should upgrade to the following hotfix releases: 2.36.12.1, 2.37.8.1, 2.38.2.1, 2.39.0.1. Users unable to upgrade may add the following simple CSP rule in your web proxy to the vulnerable endpoints: `script-src 'none'`. This workaround will prevent all javascript from running on those endpoints.","status":"published","published":"2022-12-08T23:15:10.813Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:04:07.003Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":5.4,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:33.239526Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2022-41947","title":"Cross-site Scripting with user-uploaded files in dhis2-core ","description":"DHIS 2 is an open source information system for data capture, management, validation, analytics and visualization. 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