CVE-2022-21690
OTF-001: Improper Input Sanitation: The path parameter of the requested URL is not sanitized before being passed to the QT frontend
8.7
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.33%
Description
OnionShare is an open source tool that lets you securely and anonymously share files, host websites, and chat with friends using the Tor network. In affected versions The path parameter of the requested URL is not sanitized before being passed to the QT frontend. This path is used in all components for displaying the server access history. This leads to a rendered HTML4 Subset (QT RichText editor) in the Onionshare frontend.
How to fix CVE-2022-21690
To remediate CVE-2022-21690, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.2-3+deb11u1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.5 or later
- —upgrade to 2.5 or later
Is CVE-2022-21690 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.3%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.2-3+deb11u1
- from 0, < 2.5
- from 0, < 2.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N |