Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-41142

High

Published: 26 January 2023

Published
26 January 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.2984 96.8th percentile
Risk Priority 36 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-41142 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Centreon Centreon. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 3.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

This vulnerability is a SQL injection issue tracked as CWE-89 that affects Centreon. It stems from insufficient validation of user-supplied input when handling requests to configure poller resources, allowing the input to be used directly in constructing SQL queries. The flaw was originally reported as ZDI-CAN-18304 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.8.

Authentication is required to exploit the issue. A remote attacker with valid low-privileged credentials can send crafted requests to the poller configuration component and escalate to full administrator privileges on the affected Centreon installation.

Public references point to the Zero Day Initiative advisory ZDI-22-1326 and Centreon’s security policy page, which typically direct users to apply vendor-supplied updates that address the input-handling flaw.

EPSS scores for the CVE rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.4989, indicating that exploitation interest increased after disclosure.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of Centreon. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of requests to configure poller resources. The issue results from the lack of…

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proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to the level of an administrator. Was ZDI-CAN-18304.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

centreon
centreon
22.04.2

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.

CA-8 Penetration Testing
addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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