THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-42429
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2022-42429

Centreon vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
77.6%
EPSS pct
100th
Exploited
No known
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Centreon. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of requests to modify poller broker configuration. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to the level of an administrator. Was ZDI-CAN-18557.
Affected vendor
Centreon
Affected product
Centreon
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2023-03-29

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 77.6% reflects a high probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-42429

  • Confirm whether Centreon Centreon is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-42429.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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