What is CVE-2022-30981?

CVE-2022-30981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gentics Cms, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-30981?

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

Deserialization in Gentics Cms

CVE-2022-30981

An issue was discovered in Gentics CMS before 5.43.1. By uploading a malicious ZIP file, an attacker is able to deserialize arbitrary data and hence can potentially achieve Java code execution.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

Published 2022-07-17 · 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: 0.013 (70.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Gentics Cms

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/multiple-vulnerabilies-in-gentics-cm… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-30981?: CVE-2022-30981 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gentics Cms, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-30981?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.