What is CVE-2022-44022?

CVE-2022-44022 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pwndoc Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-10-30.

How severe is CVE-2022-44022?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-44022 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Pwndoc Project

CVE-2022-44022

PwnDoc through 0.5.3 might allow remote attackers to identify valid user account names by leveraging response timings for authentication attempts.

Published 2022-10-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.008 (54.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Pwndoc Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-307 — Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/issues/381 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
cve.nstsec.com/cve-2022-44022

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-44022?: CVE-2022-44022 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pwndoc Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2022-10-30.
How severe is CVE-2022-44022?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-44022 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.