THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-35866
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2022-35866

Vinchin Backup And Recovery vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.2%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Vinchin Backup and Recovery 6.5.0.17561. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the configuration of the MySQL server. The server uses a hard-coded password for the administrator user. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-17139.
Affected vendor
Vinchin
Affected product
Vinchin Backup And Recovery
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Published
2022-08-03

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-35866

  • Confirm whether Vinchin Vinchin Backup And Recovery is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-35866.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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