Is CVE-2022-38472 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-38472 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-38472?

CVE-2022-38472 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-38472?

CVE-2022-38472 has an EPSS score of 0.36% (28th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-38472?

Upgrade firefox on debian unstable to 104.0-1 or later. Fixes are available for 6 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-38472

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An attacker could have abused XSLT error handling to associate attacker-controlled content with another origin which was displayed in the address bar. This could have been used to fool the user into submitting data intended for the spoofed origin. This vulnerability affects Thunderbird < 102.2, Thunderbird < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 91.13, Firefox ESR < 102.2, and Firefox < 104.

CWE-346

How to fix

Remediation Available

firefoxDebian

Fixed in:104.0-1CVE-2022-38472

firefoxUbuntu

Fixed in:104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-5581-1

Fixed in:104.0+build3-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-5581-1

thunderbirdUbuntu

Fixed in:1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1USN-5663-1

Fixed in:1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.20.04.1USN-5663-1

Fixed in:1:102.2.2+build1-0ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-5663-1

DeveloperEditionWindows application

Affected:102.0 102.2Fixed in:102.2Mozilla

Affected:104.0Fixed in:104.0Mozilla

Mozilla Firefox (en-US)Windows application

Affected:102.0 102.2Fixed in:102.2Mozilla

Affected:104.0Fixed in:104.0Mozilla

Mozilla Thunderbird (en-US)Windows application

Affected:102.0 102.2Fixed in:102.2Mozilla

Affected:91.13Fixed in:91.13Mozilla

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.36%probability of exploitation in 30 days

28thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 28% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory6

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CVE-2020-16952	High	8.6	71%	-	-
CVE-2023-29711	Critical	9.8	70%	-	-
CVE-2015-4495	High	8.8	70%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2024-23898	High	8.8	67%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-04-15.