CVE-2022-38110
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 · uneditedIn Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) 2022.4 and older releases, certain URL vectors are susceptible to authenticated reflected cross-site scripting.
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 · moderate confidenceDatabase Performance Analyzer (DPA) versions 2022.4 and older contain authenticated reflected cross-site scripting vulnerabilities in certain URL vectors where user-supplied input is not properly sanitized before being rendered in the response, allowing attackers to inject malicious scripts into the victim's browser session.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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<= 2022.4CVSS 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
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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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Identify if SolarWinds DPA is installedCheck the Windows Programs and Features list, or look for DPA installation directories (commonly in C:\Program Files\SolarWinds\Database Performance Analyzer or similar). Also check for the DPA web console/service running on port 8127 or 8180 by default.Affected if DPA is installed and running on the system
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Determine the installed DPA versionAccess the DPA web console and navigate to the Help > About section, or check the installer/version file in the DPA installation directory. The exact version number is displayed in the product UI.Affected if The installed version is 2022.4 or any version older than 2022.4
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Confirm the product requires authenticationVerify that the DPA web interface is accessible and confirm whether authentication is enforced for accessing the console. Check if user accounts are configured in DPA.Affected if DPA is accessible and authentication can be bypassed or a valid authenticated session exists for the vulnerable URL vectors
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Identify the affected URL endpointsReview DPA web console URLs and identify endpoints that accept user-supplied input (parameters in the URL query string). Common vectors include search, filter, or navigation parameters.Affected if User-supplied input in URL parameters is reflected in the response without proper encoding
A user is affected if SolarWinds DPA version 2022.4 or older is installed, the web interface is accessible, and URL parameters handling does not properly sanitize user input before rendering it in responses.
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 dataUpdate DPA to a version newer than 2022.4 that includes the security patch. Additionally, implement proper input validation and output encoding on the affected URL endpoints to prevent XSS exploitation.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-38110 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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