CVE-2022-4611
Published: 19 December 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-4611 is a medium-severity Use of Hard-coded Credentials (CWE-798) vulnerability in Clickstudios Passwordstate. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 11.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Deeper analysis
A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Click Studios Passwordstate and the Passwordstate Browser Extension for Chrome. The issue stems from hard-coded credentials (CWE-798) in an unspecified component; successful manipulation allows remote initiation of the attack without user interaction.
Low-privileged remote attackers can exploit the flaw to obtain limited confidential information, as reflected in its CVSS 4.3 score. Publicly disclosed exploit details indicate the attack may be usable against exposed instances.
Advisories recommend upgrading the affected Passwordstate components to address the issue, with further details available from sources such as modzero and VulDB.
The EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.1221 on 2025-12-11 before receding to the current 0.0388, indicating a period of increased exploitation interest after disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-51942
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Click Studios Passwordstate and Passwordstate Browser Extension Chrome. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to hard-coded credentials. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has…
more
been disclosed to the public and may be used. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier VDB-216273 was assigned to this vulnerability.
- 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.
Enables users to notice when hard-coded credentials have been exploited for unauthorized access.
Security training explicitly warns against hard-coded credentials, lowering their use in systems.
Policy and procedures prohibit hard-coded credentials in favor of managed authentication.
External identity providers eliminate the need for hard-coded credentials in applications.
Changing default authenticators prior to first use and protecting content prevents use of hard-coded credentials.
Central credential stores and rotation policies remove the need for hard-coded credentials in configuration files or code.
Intelligence programs surface reports of campaigns that abuse hard-coded credentials in products, prompting removal or replacement and thereby reducing successful exploitation.
Planned investment enables secure credential storage and management systems instead of hard-coded credentials.