CVE-2022-30547
Published: 22 August 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-30547 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Wwbn Avideo. Its CVSS base score is 9.9 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 4.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the unzipDirectory functionality of WWBN AVideo version 11.6 and the development master commit 3f7c0364. Tracked as CVE-2022-30547 and assigned CWE-22, the flaw allows a specially crafted HTTP request to trigger arbitrary command execution. The issue carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.9, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, and impacts across confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a scope change.
An authenticated attacker can send a crafted HTTP request to the affected unzipDirectory component and achieve arbitrary command execution on the server. The attack requires no user interaction and can be performed remotely over the network.
Public references include a Talos Intelligence vulnerability report (TALOS-2022-1547) and database update scripts hosted in the AVideo GitHub repository that address version 12.0.
EPSS for the CVE rose from low values after disclosure to a peak of 0.3369 on 2025-12-11 before receding to the current 0.2074, indicating that exploitation interest emerged well after the initial publication.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-52406
Vulnerability details
A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the unzipDirectory functionality of WWBN AVideo 11.6 and dev master commit 3f7c0364. A specially-crafted HTTP request can lead to arbitrary command execution. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.
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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.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.