CVE-2022-23133 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-23133

Stored XSS in host groups configuration window in Zabbix Frontend

Vulnerability Description

An authenticated user can create a hosts group from the configuration with XSS payload, which will be available for other users. When XSS is stored by an authenticated malicious actor and other users try to search for groups during new host creation, the XSS payload will fire and the actor can steal session cookies and perform session hijacking to impersonate users or take over their accounts.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Zabbix wants to thank Hazem Osama for reporting this issue to us

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Frontend
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0.0 – 5.0.18, 5.4.0 – 5.4.8, 5.0.19, 5.4.9

Timeline

Official Publish: January 13th, 2022
Last Modified: November 3rd, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)