What is CVE-2022-44938?

CVE-2022-44938 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Seeddms, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-12-08.

How severe is CVE-2022-44938?

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

Vulnerability in Seeddms

CVE-2022-44938

Weak reset token generation in SeedDMS v6.0.20 and v5.1.7 allows attackers to execute a full account takeover via a brute force attack.

Published 2022-12-08 · 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: 0.010 (60.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Seeddms — versions 5.1.7, 6.0.20

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-330 — Use of Insufficiently Random Values

References

pwnit.io/2022/11/23/weak-password-reset-token-leads-to-account-takeover-in-seed… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-44938?: CVE-2022-44938 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Seeddms, classified under Use of Insufficiently Random Values. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-12-08.
How severe is CVE-2022-44938?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.