CVE-2022-40238 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

A Remote Code Injection vulnerability exists in CERT software prior to version 1.50.5. An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary pickle object as part of a user's profile. This can lead to code execution on the server when the user's profile is accessed.

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 0.02001.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Cert	Vince

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cert:vince:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43536	A Remote Code Injection vulnerability exists in CERT software prior to version 1.50.5. An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary pickle object as part of a user's profile. This can lead to code execution on the server when the user's profile is accessed.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/CERTCC/VINCE/issues?q=label%3Asecurity

History

Wed, 07 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published: 2022-10-26T15:15:45.247Z

Updated: 2025-05-07T13:31:41.213Z

Reserved: 2022-09-08T19:14:18.690Z

Link: CVE-2022-40238

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:14:39.960Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-26T16:15:11.757

Modified: 2025-05-07T14:15:32.797

Link: CVE-2022-40238

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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