Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-42428

High

Published: 29 March 2023

Published
29 March 2023
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
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 0.5900 98.3th percentile
Risk Priority 53 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-42428 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 1.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deeper analysis

This vulnerability is an SQL injection flaw, identified as CVE-2022-42428 with CWE-89, that affects Centreon installations. It arises from insufficient validation of a user-supplied string before the value is used to build SQL queries during handling of requests to modify poller broker configuration.

Authenticated remote attackers can exploit the issue over the network to escalate privileges to the level of an administrator, as reflected in the CVSS 8.8 score for an attack with low complexity and no user interaction required.

The vulnerability was disclosed in Zero Day Initiative advisory ZDI-22-1399. The current and peak EPSS score of 0.59 indicates notable exploitation interest following publication.

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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 modify poller broker configuration. The issue results from the lack…

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of 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-18410.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

centreon
centreon
≤ 21.04.19 · 21.10.0 — 21.10.11 · 22.04.0 — 22.04.6

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.

addresses: CWE-89

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

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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