High severity · published May 4, 2023
CVE-2022-4259
Authenticated SQL Injection on Alerts in Guardian/CMC before 22.5.2
8.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Due to improper input validation in the Alerts controller, a SQL injection vulnerability in Nozomi Networks Guardian and CMC allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries on the DBMS used by the web application.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 49% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CM
CMC · Nozomi Networks
before 22.5.2 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
GU
Guardian · Nozomi Networks
before 22.5.2 · source: vendor, NVD, CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4259
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4259
Vendor Advisory
https://security.nozominetworks.com/NN-2023:1-01
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