What is CVE-2022-38789?

CVE-2022-38789 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Airties Air 4920, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-38789?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-38789 known to be exploited?

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

Auth bypass in Airties Air 4920

CVE-2022-38789

An issue was discovered in Airties Smart Wi-Fi before 2020-08-04. It allows attackers to change the main/guest SSID and the PSK to arbitrary values, and map the LAN, because of Insecure Direct Object Reference.

Vulnerability class: IDOR (Insecure Direct Object Reference)

EPSS: 0.009 (57.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38789?: CVE-2022-38789 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Airties Air 4920, classified under Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2022-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-38789?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-38789 known to be exploited?: 13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.