Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Broken Link Checker - CVE-2022-2438
Published: September 6, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU66998
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-2438
CWE-ID: CWE-502
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data in the "$log_file" value. A remote administrator can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Broken Link Checker
How to mitigate CVE-2022-2438
Install updates from vendor's website.
Broken Link Checker - update to 1.11.17