What is CVE-2022-40037?

CVE-2022-40037 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Javaweb Blog Project, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-01-26.

How severe is CVE-2022-40037?

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

Arbitrary file upload in Javaweb Blog Project

CVE-2022-40037

An issue discovered in Rawchen blog-ssm v1.0 allows remote attacker to escalate privileges and execute arbitrary commands via the component /upFile.

Vulnerability class: Unrestricted File Upload

Published 2023-01-26 · 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: 0.016 (75.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Javaweb Blog Project — versions 1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-434 — Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

References

github.com/rawchen/blog-ssm/issues/2 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40037?: CVE-2022-40037 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Javaweb Blog Project, classified under Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-40037?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.