CVE-2022-38488

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

14.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 96.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2022-12-14 00:00Z3 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-22 16:00Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2022-08-20

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

65649d3215f1141ef1ab736753ec9528ac06b00f673c67f5c4ffe08cdedcaef8

• github.comhttps://github.com/diogosouza/logrocket-oauth2-example
• archive.phhttps://archive.ph/PecmD
• blog.logrocket.comhttps://blog.logrocket.com/implement-oauth-2-0-node-js/
• archive.phhttps://archive.ph/VlGDa
• github.comhttps://github.com/secoats/cve/tree/master/CVE-2022-38488_sqli_logrocket-oauth2-example