VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-0959

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.97%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-03-16
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

A malicious, but authorised and authenticated user can construct an HTTP request using their existing CSRF token and session cookie to manually upload files to any location that the operating system user account under which pgAdmin is running has permission to write.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-434: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type

Primary references