Is CVE-2022-42948 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. CVE-2022-42948 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2023-03-30.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-42948?

CVE-2022-42948 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-42948?

CVE-2022-42948 has an EPSS score of 2.71% (84th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2022-42948?

No published fix for CVE-2022-42948 has been found yet. It is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list; federal agencies must remediate by 2023-04-20. Apply the vendor's mitigations per CISA's guidance.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-42948

CRITICALCISA KEVEPSS 84th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Cobalt Strike 4.7.1 fails to properly escape HTML tags when they are displayed on Swing components. By injecting crafted HTML code, it is possible to remotely execute code in the Cobalt Strike UI.

CWE-116

How to fix

Actively exploited, no published fix found yet

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal remediation due: 2023-04-20

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.71%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

Fortra Cobalt Strike User Interface Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Fortra Cobalt Strike User Interface contains an unspecified vulnerability rooted in Java Swing that may allow remote code execution.

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2023-04-20

References

Vendor Advisory1

cobaltstrike.com

Third-Party Advisory2

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2024-38475	Critical	9.1	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-36446	Critical	9.8	96%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-31806	Medium	6.5	96%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-30781	High	7.5	88%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-36099	Critical	9.9	76%	-	Fix
CVE-2022-36100	Critical	9.9	74%	-	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 2025-11-03.