Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-0557

RCE in Microweber ≤ 1.2.11

Public PoCHigh EPSSRCECommand Injection
Published
11 February 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 7.2
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.51 99th percentile
Risk Priority 80 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2022-0557 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Microweber Microweber. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 1% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary

Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.

CVE-2022-0557 is an OS command injection vulnerability, tracked under CWE-78, that affects the microweber/microweber package on Packagist in all versions prior to 1.2.11. The flaw received a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.2 and permits an attacker to execute arbitrary operating-system commands through the application.

An authenticated user with high privileges can exploit the issue over the network without user interaction. Successful exploitation grants the attacker full control over confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system, enabling remote code execution and potential full host compromise.

Public references point to a specific commit that resolves the injection flaw, and the project released version 1.2.11 to address it. Security advisories and the associated huntr.dev report therefore recommend upgrading to the patched release as the primary mitigation.

Public proof-of-concept exploits have been published on Exploit-DB and PacketStorm, yet the EPSS score has remained flat at 0.1686 with no material increase after disclosure.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

OS Command Injection in Packagist microweber/microweber prior to 1.2.11.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

Likely ATT&CK TechniquesAI

Techniques this vulnerability likely enables, inferred from its description, weakness type, and attributed-actor tradecraft. Confidence is per-technique.

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Accessconfidence: HIGH
OS command injection in a publicly accessible web application directly enables remote code execution via exploitation of the exposed service.
T1059.004 Unix Shell Executionconfidence: HIGH
The vulnerability allows arbitrary OS command execution, which maps directly to use of the Unix shell for command execution.
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalationconfidence: MEDIUM
Successful command injection by a high-privileged authenticated user can lead to privilege escalation on the host.
inferred from description + CWE · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

microweber
microweber
≤ 1.2.11

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • SI-2 Flaw Remediation
  • SI-10 Information Input Validation
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V1.2.5
  • V1.2.8
  • V15.2.5

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly requires applying the vendor patch (v1.2.11) that eliminates the OS command injection flaw.

prevent

Mandates input validation/sanitization on untrusted data to block the arbitrary command execution path.

prevent

Limits the high-privilege accounts that can reach the vulnerable code path, reducing exploitability.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

PR.PS-06's SDLC practices directly require secure coding and input handling that blocks command-injection defects, yet the single broad outcome leaves many specific neutralization vectors and verification gaps unaddressed.

PR.PS-02 partial match
prevents

Routine patching/maintenance can remediate known command-injection CVEs in dependencies (partial forward) but does nothing to stop developers from introducing improper neutralization in custom code (none reverse).

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

detects

Security testing and code review target insecure use of operating-system command interfaces, catching command-injection flaws introduced during development.

References