CVE-2022-40878

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Published Sep 27, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 23.7% KEV · Not listed

Description

In Exam Reviewer Management System 1.0, an authenticated attacker can upload a web-shell php file in profile page to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE).

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:exam_reviewer_management_system_project:exam_reviewer_management_system:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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Exploit prediction score: 23.7% (23.694% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50726

History

May 21, 2025 3:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Exam Reviewer Management System Project Exam Reviewer Management System

Weaknesses

CWE-434

Sources

CVE record Updated: May 21, 2025, 3:06 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Sep 27, 2022, 4:01 PM
Updated: May 21, 2025, 3:06 PM
Reserved: Sep 19, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 12:28 PM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 12:28 PM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:02 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Sep 27, 2022, 11:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:02 AM

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