Administrator cookie theft via reflected XSS
Published Nov 3, 2022 · Updated May 5, 2025
Cross-site scripting in CandidATS 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to steal administrator cookies via a crafted ajax.php indexFile parameter. The indexFile value is reflected without adequate validation, allowing injected script to execute in an administrator's browser. Exploitation requires an administrator to open a malicious link; the demonstrated impact is account takeover through cookie theft.
Summary
What happened
Cross-site scripting in CandidATS 3.0.0 allows remote attackers to steal administrator cookies via a crafted ajax.php indexFile parameter. The indexFile value is reflected without adequate validation, allowing injected script to execute in an administrator's browser. Exploitation requires an administrator to open a malicious link; the demonstrated impact is account takeover through cookie theft.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-42746
- Published
- Nov 3, 2022
- Updated
- May 5, 2025
- Vendor
- Auieo Software Private Limited
- Product
- CandidATS
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 3, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 5, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=3.0.0
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Public exploit references
- CandidATS reflected XSS malicious URLfunctional · demonstrated
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