Account takeover via unencoded stored JavaScript
Published Nov 16, 2022 · Updated Apr 30, 2025
Stored cross-site scripting in BACKCLICK Professional 5.9.63 allows remote attackers to run JavaScript in another user's browser. Multiple application output paths render stored, user-supplied HTML and JavaScript metacharacters without context-appropriate encoding. Exploitation requires another user to open an affected view, after which the script can exfiltrate information or control that user's account.
Summary
What happened
Stored cross-site scripting in BACKCLICK Professional 5.9.63 allows remote attackers to run JavaScript in another user's browser. Multiple application output paths render stored, user-supplied HTML and JavaScript metacharacters without context-appropriate encoding. Exploitation requires another user to open an affected view, after which the script can exfiltrate information or control that user's account.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-44002
- Published
- Nov 16, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 30, 2025
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 16, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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Attacks
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