# CVE-2022-3988: Frappe Search navbar\_search.html cross site scripting

- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2022-11-14 · Updated: 2025-04-15

## Affected

- unspecified Frappe: version range not reported

## Description

A vulnerability was found in Frappe. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file frappe/templates/includes/navbar/navbar_search.html of the component Search. The manipulation of the argument q leads to cross site scripting. The attack may be launched remotely. The name of the patch is bfab7191543961c6cb77fe267063877c31b616ce. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-213560.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on unspecified Frappe, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/frappe/frappe/pull/18847
- https://github.com/frappe/frappe/commit/bfab7191543961c6cb77fe267063877c31b616ce
- https://vuldb.com/?id.213560

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