CVE-2022-50910

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 13 January 2026

Published

13 January 2026

Modified

02 February 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0056 68.6th percentile

Risk Priority 20 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-50910 is a critical-severity Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CWE-640) vulnerability in Beehiveforum Beehive Forum. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 31.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and IA-5 (Authenticator Management).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190). What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

Directly requires validation of untrusted inputs like the malicious Host header in forgot password requests to prevent injection and URL manipulation.

IA-5 Authenticator Management partial match

prevent

Mandates secure management of authenticators including password reset tokens to mitigate interception and unauthorized use via manipulated reset links.

SC-7 Boundary Protection partial match

preventdetect

Enforces boundary protection mechanisms such as web application firewalls to filter or block requests exploiting Host header injection in public-facing password reset functionality.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability is a host header injection in a public-facing web application (Beehive Forum), enabling remote, unauthenticated account takeover via password reset token interception without user interaction.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

NVD Description

Beehive Forum 1.5.2 contains a host header injection vulnerability in the forgot password functionality that allows attackers to manipulate password reset requests. Attackers can inject a malicious host header to intercept password reset tokens and change victim account passwords without…

direct authentication.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2022-50910 is a host header injection vulnerability in Beehive Forum version 1.5.2, specifically within the forgot password functionality. This issue, classified under CWE-640, enables attackers to manipulate password reset requests by injecting a malicious host header, with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Remote attackers require no privileges, authentication, or user interaction to exploit this vulnerability over the network. By injecting a malicious host header, they can intercept password reset tokens sent to victims, allowing unauthorized password changes and full account takeover without direct authentication.

Advisories and references, including a Vulncheck advisory on Beehive Forum account takeover and an Exploit-DB entry (50923) with a public exploit, highlight the issue. The Beehive Forum project page on SourceForge and official website provide additional context, along with an Imgur-hosted proof-of-concept image. No specific patch or mitigation details are detailed in the provided information.