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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.0

CVE-2022-40289 json

Stored cross-site scripting in PHP Point of Sale version 19.0, by PHP Point of Sale, LLC via file upload and download functionality.

published 2022-10-31 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-43586

cvss
9.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The application was vulnerable to an authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in the upload and download functionality, which could be leveraged to escalate privileges or compromise any accounts they can coerce into observing the targeted files.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
18 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 9.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 9.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • PHP Point of Sale LLC PHP Point of Sale

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.