CVE-2022-39024
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 · uneditedU-Office Force Bulletin function has insufficient filtering for special characters. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to inject JavaScript and perform XSS (Reflected Cross-Site Scripting) attack.
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 confidenceThe U-Office Force Bulletin function fails to properly sanitize special characters in user input, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to inject malicious JavaScript. This reflected XSS vulnerability executes in victim's browsers when they interact with crafted URLs or submitted content.
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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<= 20.50.7821dCVSS 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 if Edetw U Office Force is installedSearch the system for U Office Force installation directories, or check installed programs list. Common paths may include C:\Program Files\U-Office-Force or similar. Check for uofficeforce.exe or related service processes.Affected if Edetw U Office Force software is found on the system
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Check installed versionLocate version information in the installation directory, typically in an about dialog, version.ini, or product metadata. Compare the version number to 20.50.7821d.Affected if Installed version is 20.50.7821d or any version lower than 20.50.7821d
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Verify Bulletin function is exposedIdentify if the web interface or application exposes a Bulletin module. Check for URL paths containing terms like bulletin, announcement, or post. Look for accessible endpoints that handle user-submitted content display.Affected if Bulletin function is accessible via web interface or API endpoint and accepts user input
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Inspect Bulletin function for XSS-prone parametersExamine HTTP requests to the Bulletin endpoint. Look for parameters that reflect user input back into the response without encoding. Common vulnerable patterns include title, content, author, or message fields.Affected if Bulletin function reflects user-supplied input in responses without proper output encoding
Environment is affected if Edetw U Office Force version 20.50.7821d or lower is installed and the Bulletin function is accessible and reflects user input without sanitization.
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 comprehensive input validation and output encoding on the Bulletin function to neutralize XSS vectors, focusing on HTML entity encoding and Content-Security-Policy headers.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 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.
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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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