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CVE-2022-42948
CWE-116
Critical
97.3
RPSRPS range: 0–105; KEV-listed vulnerabilities can receive an exploitation amplifier.
Description
Cobalt Strike 4.7.1 fails to properly escape HTML tags when they are displayed on Swing components. By injecting crafted HTML code, it is possible to remotely execute code in the Cobalt Strike UI.
Source: NVD
Signals
- CVSS
- 9.8
- Critical · v3.1
- EPSS
- 2.70%
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (FIRST)
- CISA KEV
- In CISA KEV since Mar 2023
- Fix commit
- No known fix commit
- Sources: MoreFixes, FreshFixes
- Weakness
- CWE-116
- Published
- 24 Mar 2023
- Last modified 3 Nov 2025
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Data as of 7 Oct 2026, 05:16 UK time