CVE-2022-40471
A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.
- Published2022-10-31
- WeaknessCWE-434
Am I affected?
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Description
Remote Code Execution in Clinic's Patient Management System v 1.0 allows Attacker to Upload arbitrary php webshell via profile picture upload functionality in users.php
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2022-10-3116:15CVE publishedNVD
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | = 1.0 | no fix published | NVD |
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 2026-11-01 01:02 UTC- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof of concept
- CISA-ADP (SSVC)PoC stated2025-05-06
- PoC-in-GitHub2 repositories, unverifiedknown since 2026-11-01RashidKhanPathan/CVE-2022-40471Dharan10/CVE-2022-40471
- Metasploit modules
- 1 moduleexploit/multi/http/clinic_pms_fileupload_rcerank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause. Metasploit Framework
Sources
- CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-05-06
- CISA-ADPCVSS 3.19.82025-05-06
- NVDCVSS 3.19.8read 2026-10-23
- CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-4342025-05-06
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-434read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score28.0 %read 2026-11-04
- PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept2known since 2026-11-01
- Metasploit FrameworkMetasploit modules1known since 2026-11-01
- GitHub Advisoriesadvisory—
Identifiers
- EUVD-2022-43749same flawENISA EUVD · LicenseRef-ENISA-legal-notice
- GHSA-wfh4-6hvv-x93xsame flawGitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0
- exploit/multi/http/clinic_pms_fileupload_rceexploit moduleMetasploit Framework © Rapid7 · BSD-3-Clause
- EDB-51779exploit referenceExploit-DB · BSD-3-Clause
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2022-10-31
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
- GitHub Advisory
- GHSA-wfh4-6hvv-x93x
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Sources for this record
- CVE Program · CVE Program Terms of Use
- ENISA EU Vulnerability Database · ENISA legal notice §1.2 (reproduction authorised, provided the source is acknowledged)
- FIRST EPSS · EPSS terms of use (free use, attribution requested)
- GitHub Advisory Database · CC-BY-4.0 · GHSA-wfh4-6hvv-x93x
- Metasploit Framework · BSD-3-Clause
- NVD · Public domain (17 U.S.C. § 105) for NVD-authored data; third-party content under its own terms
- PoC-in-GitHub · CC0-1.0
- CISA Vulnrichment · CC0-1.0