CVE-2022-28077
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedHome Owners Collection Management v1 was discovered to contain a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Admin panel via the $_GET['s'] parameter.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceHome Owners Collection Management v1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Admin panel. The vulnerability exists because the 's' GET parameter is not properly sanitized before being reflected in the page output, allowing attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code that executes in the context of an authenticated admin user's browser.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm the product versionLocate and inspect the version information for the Home Owners Collection Management System installation. Check the application's about page, footer, or configuration files for a version number. If the source code is available, inspect the main configuration or README file.Affected if The installed version is 1.0, matching the affected version range.
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Verify Admin panel accessibilityAttempt to access the Admin panel endpoint. This is typically found at paths like /admin, /adminpanel, /admin/login, or similar patterns. Check if the login page is accessible and responding.Affected if The Admin panel is accessible and accepts authentication requests.
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Inspect the 's' GET parameter handlingLog into the Admin panel as an authenticated admin user. Using a web proxy or browser developer tools, navigate to a page and include the 's' parameter in the URL (e.g., admin/search.php?s=test). Observe whether the value of 's' is reflected directly in the page HTML without sanitization or encoding.Affected if The 's' parameter value is reflected in the page output without proper sanitization, appearing literally in the HTML.
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Test for unsanitized reflectionSubmit a benign test payload in the 's' parameter such as <script>alert('XSS')</script> or a similar HTML tag. Navigate to the page containing the reflected parameter and examine if the injected script tags or HTML elements render as-is in the page source.Affected if The injected script or HTML tags are rendered directly in the page source without being encoded or removed.
The environment is affected if the Home Owners Collection Management System version is 1.0, the Admin panel is accessible, and the 's' GET parameter reflects unsanitized input in the page output.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper input validation and output encoding for the 's' GET parameter. Additionally, configure Content Security Policy (CSP) headers to mitigate XSS attacks and ensure the Admin panel uses HttpOnly cookies for session management.
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