Equalweb Accessibility Widget
CVE-2022-42960
MEDIUM
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionNVD
EqualWeb Accessibility Widget 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.1.10, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 4.0.0, and 4.0.1 allows DOM XSS due to improper validation of message events to accessibility.js.
AnalysisAI
EqualWeb Accessibility Widget 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.1.10, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 4.0.0, and 4.0.1 allows DOM XSS due to improper validation of message events to accessibility.js. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. EqualWeb Accessibility Widget 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.1.10, 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 4.0.0, and 4.0.1 allows DOM XSS due to improper validation of message events to accessibility.js. Affected products include: Equalweb Equalweb Accessibility Widget.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
Same weakness CWE-79 – Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
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