What is CVE-2022-47637?

CVE-2022-47637 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apachefriends Xampp, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2023-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2022-47637?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apachefriends Xampp

CVE-2022-47637

The installer in XAMPP through 8.1.12 allows local users to write to the C:\xampp directory. Common use cases execute files under C:\xampp with administrative privileges.

Published 2023-09-12 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (15.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 16th percentile — 15.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-281 — Improper Preservation of Permissions

References

shinnai.altervista.org/exploits/DVRT-2023-0001_CVE-2022-47637.pdf (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-47637?: CVE-2022-47637 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apachefriends Xampp, classified under Improper Preservation of Permissions. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2023-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2022-47637?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.