CVE-2022-0238 [Medium] | CSRF in Phoronix Test Suite

CVE-2022-0238 is rated Exploit Available (50.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.78%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.10%	0.78%	+0.69%
2	2026-01-31	0.20%	0.10%	-0.10%
3	2025-03-30	—	0.20%	—

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Old EPSS score

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2026-06-15

0.10%

0.78%

+0.69%

2026-01-31

0.20%

0.10%

-0.10%

2025-03-30

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0.20%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
4.3	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:L) Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	2.8	1.4	[email protected]
4.5	3.0	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:H) They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.	0.9	3.6	[email protected]
4.3	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:N) No confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:N) No availability impact.	8.6	2.9	[email protected]

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Version

Severity

Vector

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Impact

Score source

4.3

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L): Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

2.8

1.4

[email protected]

4.5

3.0

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:H): They need powerful rights—admin, root, or similar—before this pays off.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N): Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

0.9

3.6

[email protected]

4.3

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M): Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N): No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N): No availability impact.

8.6

2.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-0238

vendor	priority	summary	link
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2022-0238 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (phoronix-test-suite), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bionic, trusty, upstream, xenial): needs-triage 3, ignored 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-0238

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-0238

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
phoronix-media	phoronix_test_suite	<= 10.8.0	cpe:2.3:a:phoronix-media:phoronix_test_suite::::::::
fedoraproject	fedora	34	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:::::::*
fedoraproject	fedora	35	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:::::::*

References for CVE-2022-0238

URL	Tags
https://github.com/phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite/commit/5755b3bf979cd04caa6feee07e403a5be5ac320e	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://huntr.dev/bounties/63f24b24-4af2-47b8-baea-7ad5f4db3633	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/57V2CSFU5MKWKL6RJUKMXSD4PCRFTMMQ/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BU7E6OOZCXS3ZWHOQ2AR7MKM56IN2R6R/

URL

CVE-2022-0238 | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in phoronix-test-suite/phoronix-test-suite

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-0238

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-0238

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-0238

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-0238

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-0238

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-0238

References for CVE-2022-0238