CVE-2022-30278: Synopsys Black Duck Hub

Medium severity, CVSS 6.1. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in Black Duck Hub’s embedded MadCap Flare documentation files could allow an unauthenticated remote attacker to conduct a cross-site scripting attack. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of user-supplied input to MadCap Flare's framework embedded within Black Duck Hub's Help Documentation to supply content. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by convincing a user to click a link designed to pass malicious input to the interface. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to conduct cross-site scripting attacks and gain access to sensitive browser-based information.

Affected products

• Synopsys Black Duck Hub: before 2022.4.0 (fixed in 2022.4.0)

Published 2022-05-10. Last modified 2026-06-17.