CVE-2022-38577 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

ProcessMaker before v3.5.4 was discovered to contain insecure permissions in the user profile page. This vulnerability allows attackers to escalate normal users to Administrators.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.15786.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Processmaker	Processmaker

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:processmaker:processmaker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168427/ProcessMaker-Privilege-Escalation.html
http://processmaker.com
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iP9NYUkYEy_FGMpcnTkUWn8nGcqDT02_/view?usp=sharing

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.19243}`	epss `{'score': 0.20211}`

Tue, 03 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-19T15:45:54.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-03T18:18:18.698Z

Reserved: 2022-08-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38577

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T11:02:13.400Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-19T16:15:11.457

Modified: 2025-06-03T19:15:31.437

Link: CVE-2022-38577

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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