CVE-2022-28975 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Infoblox NIOS v8.5.2-409296 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the VLAN View Name field.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00178.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Infoblox Subscribe	Nios Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:infoblox:nios:8.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-33406	A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Infoblox NIOS v8.5.2-409296 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the VLAN View Name field.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://infoblox.com
https://piotrryciak.com/posts/xss-infoblox/

History

Tue, 27 Jan 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:o:infoblox:nios:8.5.2-409296:::::::*	cpe:2.3:o:infoblox:nios:8.5.2:::::::*

Wed, 18 Jun 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-01-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-18T16:55:58.687Z

Reserved: 2022-04-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-28975

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T06:10:58.538Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-01-09T14:15:45.647

Modified: 2026-01-27T15:03:11.357

Link: CVE-2022-28975

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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