What is CVE-2022-44016?

CVE-2022-44016 is a high-severity vulnerability in Simmeth Lieferantenmanager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-12-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-44016?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-44016 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Simmeth Lieferantenmanager

CVE-2022-44016

An issue was discovered in Simmeth Lieferantenmanager before 5.6. An attacker can download arbitrary files from the web server by abusing an API call: /DS/LM_API/api/ConfigurationService/GetImages with an '"ImagesPath":"C:\\"' value.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2022-12-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Simmeth Lieferantenmanager

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/multiple-critical-vulnerabilities-in… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-44016?: CVE-2022-44016 is a high-severity vulnerability in Simmeth Lieferantenmanager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-12-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-44016?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-44016 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.