What is CVE-2022-0959?

CVE-2022-0959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pgadmin 4, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-03-16.

How severe is CVE-2022-0959?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0959 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Arbitrary file upload in Pgadmin 4

CVE-2022-0959

A malicious, but authorised and authenticated user can construct an HTTP request using their existing CSRF token and session cookie to manually upload files to any location that the operating system user account under which pgAdmin is running has permission to write.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2022-03-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 60.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pgadmin 4
Pgadmin — versions pgadmin 6.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0959?: CVE-2022-0959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pgadmin 4, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-03-16.
How severe is CVE-2022-0959?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0959 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.