CVE-2022-22954 vulnerability in VMware Products
Published on April 11, 2022
VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager contain a remote code execution vulnerability due to server-side template injection. A malicious actor with network access can trigger a server-side template injection that may result in remote code execution.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager Server-Side Template Injection Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. VMware Workspace ONE Access and Identity Manager allow for remote code execution due to server-side template injection.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 5, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2022-22954 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors in an automatable fashion. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is a Code Injection Vulnerability?
The software constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.
CVE-2022-22954 has been classified to as a Code Injection vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2022-22954
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Exploit Probability
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