What is CVE-2022-38299?

CVE-2022-38299 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Appsmith. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2022-38299?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Appsmith

CVE-2022-38299

An issue in the Elasticsearch plugin of Appsmith v1.7.11 allows attackers to connect disallowed hosts to the AWS/GCP internal metadata endpoint.

Published 2022-09-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (45.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 45.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Appsmith — versions 1.7.11

References

github.com/appsmithorg/appsmith/pull/15834 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38299?: CVE-2022-38299 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Appsmith. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2022-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-38299?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.