CVE-2022-44216 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Gnuboard 5.5.4 and 5.5.5 is vulnerable to Insecure Permissions. An attacker can change password of all users without knowing victim's original password.

Published: 2023-02-20

Score: 7.5 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

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sir:gnuboard:5.5.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sir:gnuboard:5.5.5:::::::*

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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-2022-47166	Gnuboard 5.5.4 and 5.5.5 is vulnerable to Insecure Permissions. An attacker can change password of all users without knowing victim's original password.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00222.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/gnuboard/gnuboard5/commit/11718eb4c02ffdca5393bedc0300a75e4e7b19f2
https://gratis-herring-da5.notion.site/Gnuboard-Account-Takeover-version-5-5-4-5-5-5-2f69b0a21be642f58d8b7c72feea343a
https://sir.kr/g5_pds/6400

History

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Sir Gnuboard

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-02-20T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-18T15:40:27.053Z

Reserved: 2022-10-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-44216

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T13:47:05.752Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-20T20:15:10.290

Modified: 2025-03-18T16:15:13.567

Link: CVE-2022-44216

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-306

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