CVE-2022-38351 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

A vulnerability in Suprema BioStar (aka Bio Star) 2 v2.8.16 allows attackers to escalate privileges to System Administrator via a crafted PUT request to the update profile page.

Published: 2022-09-19

Score: 8.8 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:supremainc:biostar_2:2.8.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-40941	A vulnerability in Suprema BioStar (aka Bio Star) 2 v2.8.16 allows attackers to escalate privileges to System Administrator via a crafted PUT request to the update profile page.

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 0.00324.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://nobugescapes.com/blog/privilege-escalation-from-user-operator-to-system-administrator/
https://nobugescapes.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Part1.docx

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00118}`	epss `{'score': 0.00126}`

Thu, 29 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Supremainc Biostar 2

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-09-19T20:27:30.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-29T15:40:51.805Z

Reserved: 2022-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-38351

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:54:02.701Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-09-19T21:15:09.627

Modified: 2025-05-29T16:15:28.527

Link: CVE-2022-38351

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-269

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