What is CVE-2022-25940?

CVE-2022-25940 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lite-Server Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2022-25940?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Lite-Server Project

CVE-2022-25940

All versions of package lite-server are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when an attacker sends an HTTP request and includes control characters that the decodeURI() function is unable to parse.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2022-12-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Lite-Server Project
Lite-Server — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-LITESERVER-3153540 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-3175617 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
gist.github.com/lirantal/832382155e00da92bfd8bb3adea474eb (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-25940?: CVE-2022-25940 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lite-Server Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2022-25940?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.