CVE-2022-2678
Published: 05 August 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-2678 is a medium-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Alphaware E-Commerce System Project Alphaware E-Commerce System. Its CVSS base score is 6.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 37.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-34923
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability was found in SourceCodester Alphaware Simple E-Commerce System. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file admin_feature.php of the component Background Management Page. The manipulation leads to unrestricted upload. The attack can…
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be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-205666 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.
Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.
Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.
Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.