Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-42744

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 03 November 2022

Published
03 November 2022
Modified
05 May 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0099 77.3th percentile
Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-42744 is a critical-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Auieo Candidats. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 22.7% 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

Vulnerability details

CandidATS version 3.0.0 allows an external attacker to perform CRUD operations on the application databases. This is possible because the application does not correctly validate the entriesPerPage parameter against SQLi attacks.

CWE(s)
CWE-89

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

auieo
candidats
3.0.0

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.

References