What is CVE-2022-40295?

CVE-2022-40295 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phppointofsale PHP Point Of Sale, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2022-40295?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Phppointofsale PHP Point Of Sale

CVE-2022-40295

The application was vulnerable to an authenticated information disclosure, allowing administrators to view unsalted user passwords, which could lead to the compromise of plaintext passwords via offline attacks.

Published 2022-10-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Phppointofsale PHP Point Of Sale — versions 19.0
PHP Point Of Sale Llc — versions 19.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.themissinglink.com.au/security-advisories/cve-2022-40295 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40295?: CVE-2022-40295 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Phppointofsale PHP Point Of Sale, classified under Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2022-40295?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.