What is CVE-2022-38131?

CVE-2022-38131 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rstudio Connect, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-09-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-38131?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-38131 known to be exploited?

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

Open Redirect in Rstudio Connect

CVE-2022-38131

RStudio Connect prior to 2023.01.0 is affected by an Open Redirect issue. The vulnerability could allow an attacker to redirect users to malicious websites.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

Published 2022-09-06 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (75.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 76th percentile — 75.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.017 · change: +0.003

Affected products

Rstudio Connect
Rstudio Connect — versions All versions

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

JoshuaMart/JoshuaMart

References

tenable.com/security/research/tra-2022-30 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
support.posit.co/hc/en-us/articles/10983374992023 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38131?: CVE-2022-38131 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Rstudio Connect, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-09-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-38131?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-38131 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.