What is CVE-2022-38116?

CVE-2022-38116 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Leyan Salary Management System, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-08-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-38116?

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

Vulnerability in Leyan Salary Management System

CVE-2022-38116

Le-yan Personnel and Salary Management System has hard-coded database account and password within the website source code. An unauthenticated remote attacker can access, modify system data or disrupt service.

Published 2022-08-30 · 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: 0.011 (65.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Leyan Salary Management System
Le-Yan Co., Ltd. Personnel And Salary Management System — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

www.twcert.org.tw/tw/cp-132-6460-2bb02-1.html (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38116?: CVE-2022-38116 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Leyan Salary Management System, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-08-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-38116?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.