What is CVE-2022-36973?

CVE-2022-36973 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Avalanche, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-03-29.

How severe is CVE-2022-36973?

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

SQL Injection in Ivanti Avalanche

CVE-2022-36973

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of Ivanti Avalanche 6.3.2.3490. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the ProfileDaoImpl class. A crafted request can trigger execution of SQL queries composed from a user-supplied string. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-15329.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.060 (92.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Ivanti Avalanche — versions 6.3.2.3490

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (Release Notes)
zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36973?: CVE-2022-36973 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ivanti Avalanche, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-03-29.
How severe is CVE-2022-36973?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.