CVE-2022-4223CWE-94

The pgAdmin server includes an HTTP API that is intended to be used to validate the path a user selects to external PostgreSQL utilities such as pg_dump and…

High · published December 13, 2022

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High probability of exploitation

CVSS calls it high at 8.8. It sits in the 99.6th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
80%
Percentile
99.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The pgAdmin server includes an HTTP API that is intended to be used to validate the path a user selects to external PostgreSQL utilities such as pg_dump and pg_restore. The utility is executed by the server to determine what PostgreSQL version it is from. Versions of pgAdmin prior to 6.17 failed to properly secure this API, which could allow an unauthenticated user to call it with a path of their choosing, such as a UNC path to a server they control on a Windows machine. This would cause an appropriately named executable in the target path to be executed by the pgAdmin server.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.80069 · 99.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-94 · Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Published
2022-12-13T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 DEC 00:00Z
    The pgAdmin server includes an HTTP API that is intended to be used to validate the path a user selects to external PostgreSQL utilities such as pg_dump and…
    cvelistv5