CVE-2022-38298
Published: 12 September 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-38298 is a high-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Appsmith Appsmith. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 48.0th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-40890
Vulnerability details
Appsmith v1.7.11 was discovered to allow attackers to execute an authenticated Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) via redirecting incoming requests to the AWS internal metadata endpoint.
- 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.
Penetration testing attempts server-side requests to internal resources, identifying SSRF weaknesses for remediation.
Outbound connections to external resources can be monitored and limited at the boundary, reducing SSRF impact.
Validates server-side URLs and resource references to block SSRF attempts.
Detects server-side request forgery through monitoring of unexpected outbound connections.