Interspire Email Marketer through 6.5.0 allows arbitrary file upload via a surveys_submit.php "create survey and submit survey" operation, which can cause a .php file to be accessible under a /admin/temp/surveys/ URI. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-19550.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-40777 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.87%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2026-06-15 | 0.43% | 0.87% | +0.43% |
| 2 | 2025-10-14 | 0.15% | 0.43% | +0.28% |
| 3 | 2025-10-13 | — | 0.15% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.8 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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2.8 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| interspire | email_marketer | <= 6.5.0 | cpe:2.3:a:interspire:email_marketer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://twitter.com/huyvinhptit | Permissions Required |
| https://www.interspire.com/security-bulletin-20220918/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |