What is CVE-2021-45222?

CVE-2021-45222 is a high-severity vulnerability in Coins-Global Coins Construction Cloud, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-01-24.

How severe is CVE-2021-45222?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Coins-Global Coins Construction Cloud

CVE-2021-45222

An issue was discovered in COINS Construction Cloud 11.12. Due to logical flaws in the human ressources interface, it is vulnerable to privilege escalation by HR personnel.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2022-01-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 73.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Coins-Global Coins Construction Cloud — versions 11.12

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

appsource.microsoft.com/en-us/product/web-apps/constructionindustrysolutionslim… (Product, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2021-029.txt (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.syss.de/pentest-blog/multiple-schwachstellen-im-coins-construction-cloud-er… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45222?: CVE-2021-45222 is a high-severity vulnerability in Coins-Global Coins Construction Cloud, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-01-24.
How severe is CVE-2021-45222?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.