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Public proof of concept

CVE-2022-42744

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2022-11-03
  • WeaknessCWE-89

Am I affected?

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Description

CandidATS version 3.0.0 allows an external attacker to perform CRUD operations on the application databases. This is possible because the application does not correctly validate the entriesPerPage parameter against SQLi attacks.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2022-11-0320:15CVE publishedNVD

Versions per branch

NVD
Auieo candidats
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.0= 3.0.0no fix published

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

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As Fluid Attacks, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • CandidATS
    Affected
    • = 3.0.0no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2022-11-03

Fix

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

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof of concept
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:H/A:H
Published
2022-11-03
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-942w-mcgr-2rjq

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42744?

CandidATS version 3.0.0 allows an external attacker to perform CRUD operations on the application databases. This is possible because the application does not correctly validate the entriesPerPage parameter against SQLi attacks.

Is CVE-2022-42744 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2022-42744, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-42744?

CVE-2022-42744 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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