What is CVE-2022-42046?

CVE-2022-42046 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wfs Heaven Burns Red, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-12-20.

How severe is CVE-2022-42046?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-42046 known to be exploited?

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

Privilege escalation in Wfs Heaven Burns Red

CVE-2022-42046

wfshbr64.sys and wfshbr32.sys specially crafted IOCTL allows arbitrary user to perform local privilege escalation

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2022-12-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (39.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 39th percentile — 39.0% 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: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Wfs Heaven Burns Red

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.wfs.games/news/20221220_01.html (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/kkent030315/CVE-2022-42046 (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42046?: CVE-2022-42046 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wfs Heaven Burns Red, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-12-20.
How severe is CVE-2022-42046?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-42046 known to be exploited?: 14 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.