CVE-2022-45362
Published: 07 December 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-45362 is a high-severity SSRF (CWE-918) vulnerability in Paytm Payment Gateway. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 3.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-45362 is a Server-Side Request Forgery vulnerability affecting the Paytm Payment Gateway WordPress plugin, present in all versions through 2.7.0. The flaw is tracked under CWE-918 and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.2, reflecting a network-accessible issue that requires no authentication or user interaction and produces a changed scope with limited impacts on confidentiality and integrity.
An unauthenticated attacker can supply crafted requests that cause the affected plugin to initiate outbound connections to arbitrary internal or external resources. Successful exploitation allows the attacker to interact with systems reachable from the web server, potentially disclosing limited internal data or performing limited unauthorized actions within the payment-gateway context.
Public references hosted by Patchstack document the vulnerability and link to the affected plugin versions, providing the primary advisory record for administrators seeking remediation details. The associated EPSS score stands at 0.3293 with no subsequent increase from a lower baseline.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-48259
Vulnerability details
Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in Paytm Paytm Payment Gateway.This issue affects Paytm Payment Gateway: from n/a through 2.7.0.
- 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.