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Exploited in the wild Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2022-24682

Collaboration Suite

Zimbra / Collaboration Suite

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Severity
CVSS 6.1 · Medium
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Exploited in the wild
EPSS
30.9%
First observed
—
Last observed
—

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2022-24682 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting Zimbra Collaboration Suite. An issue was discovered in the Calendar feature in Zimbra Collaboration Suite 8.8.x before 8.8.15 patch 30 (update 1), as...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian tracks this CVE as a known exploited vulnerability. Confidence is confirmed. Listed in CISA KEV. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

Zimbra / Collaboration Suite.

What should we do?

Prioritize remediation. Validate affected assets and apply vendor fixes on an accelerated timeline.

Overview

Collaboration Suite

An issue was discovered in the Calendar feature in Zimbra Collaboration Suite 8.8.x before 8.8.15 patch 30 (update 1), as exploited in the wild starting in December 2021. An attacker could place HTML containing executable JavaScript inside element attributes.

This markup becomes unescaped, causing arbitrary markup to be injected into the document.

Published
09 Feb 2022
Exploitation Reported
25 Feb 2022
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required

Tags

cisa java nuclei_scanner ransomware malware

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 25 Feb 2022

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Used in malware

CISA

Recorded 25 Feb 2022

Malware families have been linked to exploitation of this CVE.

Proof of concept available

Nuclei Templates

Recorded 12 Jun 2026

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2022-02-25 00:00 UTC
CVE 2026-08-06 04:30 UTC

Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
0
0
0

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Virtual patch status

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-24682.yaml 01 Jun 2026

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

6.1 Medium

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS

30.9%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output CWE-116

All CVSS Scores

CVSS v3.1 6.1 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CVSS v2.0 4.3 Medium

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Potential Proof of Concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

Zimbra Collaboration Suite < 8.8.15 - Improper Encoding

nuclei · Created Unknown

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 04:30 UTC

    KEV confirmed by CVE

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  2. 14:20 UTC

    Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  3. 15:34 UTC

    Nuclei template available

    Scanner coverage available

  4. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  5. 00:00 UTC

    First public exploitation report

    Exploit observed in malware

  6. 03:19 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  7. 00:00 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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  "cve_id": "CVE-2022-24682",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 6.1,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.30931,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": false
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  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 0, "sensors": 0 }
}