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CVE-2022-38840

Exploitation reported by one source. First attested on 2025-07-21 by GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2023-04-16
  • WeaknessCWE-611

Am I affected?

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Description

cgi-bin/xmlstatus.cgi in Güralp MAN-EAM-0003 3.2.4 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue via XML file upload, which leads to local file disclosure.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-03-23Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB
  2. 2023-04-1602:15CVE publishedNVD
  3. 2025-07-2101:57Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2025-07-2101:57Exploitation first reportedGCVE

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2022-38840?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Guralp man-eam-0003
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.2= 3.2.4no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

No fix published by the sources we read yet. NVD record

Detection

read 2026-11-02 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
available
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-51037
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published
2023-04-16
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-gjg3-8mx2-7f8f

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38840?

cgi-bin/xmlstatus.cgi in Güralp MAN-EAM-0003 3.2.4 is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue via XML file upload, which leads to local file disclosure.

Is CVE-2022-38840 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-38840, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-38840?

CVE-2022-38840 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

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