Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-44004

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 16 November 2022

Published
16 November 2022
Modified
30 April 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 0.0165 82.4th percentile
Risk Priority 21 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-44004 is a critical-severity Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CWE-640) vulnerability in Backclick Backclick. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 17.6% 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

An issue was discovered in BACKCLICK Professional 5.9.63. Due to insecure design or lack of authentication, unauthenticated attackers can complete the password-reset process for any account and set a new password.

CWE(s)
CWE-640

Related Threats

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

Affected Assets

backclick
backclick
5.9.63

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.

IA-5 Authenticator Management
addresses: CWE-640

Establishing procedures for lost or compromised authenticators addresses weak password recovery mechanisms.

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