CVE-2022-22959

VMware Workspace ONE Access, Identity Manager and vRealize Automation contain a cross site request forgery vulnerability. A malicious actor can trick a user through a cross site request forgery to unintentionally validate a malicious JDBC URI.

Published: 2022-04-13 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-22959 is rated Low Risk (35.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.29%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-22959

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-23 0.46% 0.29% -0.17%
2 2025-11-21 0.29% 0.46% +0.17%
3 2025-11-18 0.29%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-22959

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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]
4.3 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]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-22959

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-22959

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware cloud_foundation >= 3.0, < 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:cloud_foundation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware identity_manager 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:3.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware identity_manager 3.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:3.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware identity_manager 3.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:3.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware identity_manager 3.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:identity_manager:3.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vrealize_automation >= 8.0, < 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vrealize_automation 7.6 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_automation:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware vrealize_suite_lifecycle_manager >= 8.0, < 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:vrealize_suite_lifecycle_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workspace_one_access 20.10.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workspace_one_access:20.10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workspace_one_access 20.10.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workspace_one_access:20.10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workspace_one_access 21.08.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workspace_one_access:21.08.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workspace_one_access 21.08.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workspace_one_access:21.08.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-22959

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