CVE-2022-38207
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 · uneditedThere is a reflected XSS vulnerability in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.8.1 and 10.7.1 which may allow a remote remote, unauthenticated attacker to create a crafted link which when clicked which could execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the victim’s browser.
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 confidenceReflected XSS vulnerability in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.8.1 and 10.7.1 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to inject malicious JavaScript into crafted URLs. When victims click these links, the malicious script executes in their browser context, enabling session hijacking, credential theft, or defacement.
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= 10.7.1= 10.8.1CVSS 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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Identify installed Esri Portal for ArcGIS versionNavigate to the Portal for ArcGIS sign-in page and look for the version number displayed in the footer or About section. Alternatively, access the Portal Administrator Directory at /portal/portaladmin and check the system statistics or About endpoint.Affected if The version displayed is 10.7.1 or 10.8.1 exactly
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Compare version against affected rangeVerify that your installed version matches 10.7.1 or 10.8.1 exactly. These are the only two versions listed as affected in the CVE.Affected if The installed version is 10.7.1 or 10.8.1, indicating the vulnerable versions are in use
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Confirm Portal is network accessibleDetermine if your Esri Portal for ArcGIS is accessible over the network to unauthenticated users. Since this is a reflected XSS that can be exploited without authentication, check whether the Portal web interface is exposed to the internet or to untrusted internal users.Affected if The Portal is network-accessible to unauthenticated users and runs a vulnerable version
You are affected if your Esri Portal for ArcGIS is version 10.7.1 or 10.8.1 and is accessible to unauthenticated users who could click malicious crafted URLs.
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 dataUpgrade to a patched version of Esri Portal for ArcGIS (10.9 or later), and implement input validation with output encoding on all user-supplied parameters.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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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.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-38207 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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