What is CVE-2022-25973?

CVE-2022-25973 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mc-Kill-Port Project, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-08-10.

How severe is CVE-2022-25973?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Mc-Kill-Port Project

CVE-2022-25973

All versions of package mc-kill-port are vulnerable to Arbitrary Command Execution via the kill function, due to missing sanitization of the port argument.

Published 2022-08-10 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Mc-Kill-Port Project
Mc-Kill-Port — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-88 — Argument Injection

References

security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MCKILLPORT-2419070 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
www.npmjs.com/package/mc-kill-port (Product, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-25973?: CVE-2022-25973 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mc-Kill-Port Project, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-08-10.
How severe is CVE-2022-25973?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.