CVE-2022-45921 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

FusionAuth before 1.41.3 allows a file outside of the application root to be viewed or retrieved using an HTTP request. To be specific, an attacker may be able to view or retrieve any file readable by the user running the FusionAuth process.

Published: 2022-11-28

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:fusionauth:fusionauth:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7426	FusionAuth before 1.41.3 allows a file outside of the application root to be viewed or retrieved using an HTTP request. To be specific, an attacker may be able to view or retrieve any file readable by the user running the FusionAuth process.
Github GHSA	GHSA-rmcx-fg5w-x8j9	FusionAuth vulnerable to directory traversal attack

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00582.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://fusionauth.io/docs/v1/tech/release-notes
https://github.com/FusionAuth/fusionauth-issues/issues/1983

History

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Fusionauth Fusionauth

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-11-28T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-28T18:13:47.829Z

Reserved: 2022-11-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-45921

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T14:24:03.214Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-28T21:15:10.747

Modified: 2025-04-28T19:15:46.317

Link: CVE-2022-45921

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22

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