Authenticated script execution via unsanitized page parameter
Published Oct 11, 2022 · Updated Jul 9, 2026
Reflected XSS in FlatPress 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute script in a user's browser via the page parameter. /flatpress/admin.php places the page value into the response without adequate sanitization or output encoding. Exploitation requires login and user interaction; injected script can read or alter session data and act in the affected blog with the victim's privileges.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in FlatPress 1.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute script in a user's browser via the page parameter. /flatpress/admin.php places the page value into the response without adequate sanitization or output encoding. Exploitation requires login and user interaction; injected script can read or alter session data and act in the affected blog with the victim's privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-40047
- Published
- Oct 11, 2022
- Updated
- Jul 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1539
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 11, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- FlatPress page-parameter proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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