🛡️ CVE-2022-42744 — candidats

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-42744 is classified as CWE-89: SQL Injection. Untrusted input is concatenated into an SQL statement, letting an attacker change the query and reach data the request should not return.

Affected software

CVE-2022-42744 is recorded against 1 package.

• candidats

Timeline and source

Published on 3 November 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. Record sourced from NVD.

References

candidats.net
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candidats.net
fluidattacks.com

Other advisories for this package

candidats has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2022-42749 (6.1 Medium, published 3 Nov 2022)
• CVE-2022-42748 (6.1 Medium, published 3 Nov 2022)
• CVE-2022-42747 (6.1 Medium, published 3 Nov 2022)
• CVE-2022-42746 (6.1 Medium, published 3 Nov 2022)
• CVE-2022-42745 (7.5 High, published 3 Nov 2022)
• CVE-2022-42751 (8.8 High, published 3 Nov 2022)
• CVE-2022-42750 (8.8 High, published 3 Nov 2022)
• CVE-2022-25228 (6.5 Medium, published 18 Aug 2022)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-89: SQL Injection) in other software:

• CVE-2022-45786 (8.1 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-41703 (5.0 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2022-25506 (6.5 Medium, published 2 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2019-25710 (8.0 High, published 12 Apr 2026)
• CVE-2020-36947 (8.0 High, published 27 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2021-47763 (8.0 High, published 15 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2022-50895 (9.8 Critical, published 13 Jan 2026)
• CVE-2022-50894 (6.5 Medium, published 13 Jan 2026)

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