Reflected XSS via unescaped tab parameters
Published Sep 26, 2022 · Updated May 22, 2025
Reflected XSS in Mitchell Bennis Simple File List before 4.4.12 allows remote attackers to run scripts via crafted tab parameters. The admin page writes tab and subtab query values into HTML attributes without escaping, so injected event-handler markup reaches the response. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to follow an attacker-controlled link; the script then runs in that user's browser context.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in Mitchell Bennis Simple File List before 4.4.12 allows remote attackers to run scripts via crafted tab parameters. The admin page writes tab and subtab query values into HTML attributes without escaping, so injected event-handler markup reaches the response. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to follow an attacker-controlled link; the script then runs in that user's browser context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-3062
- Published
- Sep 26, 2022
- Updated
- May 22, 2025
- Vendor
- Mitchell Bennis
- Product
- Simple File List
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 26, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 22, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=4.4.12 <4.4.12
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Public exploit references
- WPScan tab and subtab reflected-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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