CVE-2022-42750 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

CandidATS version 3.0.0 allows an external attacker to steal the cookie of arbitrary users. This is possible because the application does not correctly validate the files uploaded by the user.

Published: 2022-11-03

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

n/a

CandidATS

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`3.0.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:auieo:candidats:3.0.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2022-45813	CandidATS version 3.0.0 allows an external attacker to steal the cookie of arbitrary users. This is possible because the application does not correctly validate the files uploaded by the user.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00947.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://candidats.net/
https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/castles/

History

Mon, 05 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Auieo Candidats

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Fluid Attacks

Published: 2022-11-03T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-05T13:13:00.302Z

Reserved: 2022-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-42750

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:10:41.467Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-03T18:15:16.933

Modified: 2025-05-05T14:15:26.460

Link: CVE-2022-42750

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-79

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