Zinc - Cross-Site Scripting
In Zinc, versions v0.1.9 through v0.3.1 are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting when using the delete template functionality. When an authenticated user deletes a template with a XSS payload in the name field, the Javascript payload will be executed and allow an attacker to access the user’s credentials.
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- Oct 6, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.6% · 47th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
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Report tools
Action score
0
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 0 / 40 · —
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.6%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| zinclabs | zinc | cpe:2.3:a:zinclabs:zinc |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- zinclabs zinc0.1.9 and later · up to 0.3.1 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Mend). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
zinc zinc
- v0.1.9 and later · before unspecifiedaffected
- unspecified and later · up to and including v0.3.1affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | github.com/zinclabs/zinc | from 0.1.9 · before 0.3.2 | 0.3.2 |
| Go | github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch | from 0.1.9 · before 0.3.2 | 0.3.2 |
Same product
zinclabs: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2022-32171In Zinc, versions v0.1.9 through v0.3.1 are vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting when using the delete user functionality.0Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Go:github.com/zinclabs/zinc | 0.3.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
| Go:github.com/zincsearch/zincsearch | 0.3.2 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
No CVSS vector for this record, so attack conditions can't be derived.
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- github.com/zinclabs/zinc/commit/3376c248bade163430f9347742428f0a82cd322d
- www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2022-32172
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.