# CVE-2022-2589: Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in beancount/fava

- Also known as: PYSEC-2022-246, GHSA-6HCJ-QRW3-M66Q
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.22.3
- Published: 2022-08-01 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- beancount beancount/fava: fixed in 1.22.3
- fava (PyPI): fixed in 1.22.3

## Description

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Reflected in GitHub repository beancount/fava prior to 1.22.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on beancount beancount/fava, fava, upgrade to a fixed version (1.22.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://huntr.dev/bounties/8705800d-cf2f-433d-9c3e-dbef6a3f7e08
- https://github.com/beancount/fava/commit/68bbb6e39319deb35ab9f18d0b6aa9fa70472539

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