Administrator account takeover via stored playlist script
Published Dec 16, 2022 · Updated Apr 18, 2025
Stored cross-site scripting in Emby Server 4.6.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to steal an administrator token via a playlist name. The server stores a user-supplied playlist name, and the web app renders its HTML event handler without neutralization when an administrator loads the affected menu. An ordinary account must create the playlist and an administrator must later load the view; the stolen token permits creation of a new administrator account.
Summary
What happened
Stored cross-site scripting in Emby Server 4.6.7.0 allows remote authenticated users to steal an administrator token via a playlist name. The server stores a user-supplied playlist name, and the web app renders its HTML event handler without neutralization when an administrator loads the affected menu. An ordinary account must create the playlist and an administrator must later load the view; the stolen token permits creation of a new administrator account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-36223
- Published
- Dec 16, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 18, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1190, T1528
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Dec 16, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Administrator Account Takeover in Emby Media Serverproof of concept · demonstrated
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