What is CVE-2022-2650?

CVE-2022-2650 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wger, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-11-24.

How severe is CVE-2022-2650?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-2650 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Wger

CVE-2022-2650

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in GitHub repository wger-project/wger prior to 2.2.

Published 2022-11-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (51.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 52nd percentile — 51.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Wger
Wger-Project Wger-Project/wger — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

huntr.dev/bounties/f0d85efa-4e78-4b1d-848f-edea115af64b (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/wger-project/wger/commit/5e3167e3a2dc95836fa2607fe201524c031a2c4c (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2650?: CVE-2022-2650 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wger, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-11-24.
How severe is CVE-2022-2650?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2650 known to be exploited?: 8 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.