CVE-2022-43138

Exp

Dolibarr Open Source ERP & CRM for Business before v14.0.1 allows attackers to escalate privileges via a crafted API.

Published: 2022-11-17 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-43138 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.20%). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-43138

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-43138

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 0.32% 1.20% +0.88%
2 2026-03-20 0.42% 0.32% -0.10%
3 2025-11-23 0.42%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-43138

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
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:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 [email protected]
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 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:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
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:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-43138

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-43138

GHSA-gh7m-j673-wm97 · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: composer — Dolibarr vulnerable to privilege escalation

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-43138

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-43138 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dolibarr), 7 status rows across 7 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, kinetic, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 4, ignored 1, needed 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-43138

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-43138

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dolibarr dolibarr_erp\/crm < 14.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:dolibarr:dolibarr_erp\/crm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-43138

URL Tags
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50248 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
cvelogic Threat Intelligence