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CVE-2022-24637: Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.7.4 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to obtain sensitive user information, which can be used to g

Noroxi assessment

Priority: This week (action score 69/100)

  • A ready-made attack module is public (Metasploit, Nuclei); exploiting it takes no special expertise.
  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (Exploit-DB, GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 99% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 99.9% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: open-web-analytics/open-web-analytics (Packagist) 1.7.4.

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window. Upgrade to open-web-analytics/open-web-analytics (Packagist) 1.7.4 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.7.4 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to obtain sensitive user information, which can be used to gain admin privileges by leveraging cache hashes. This occurs because files generated with '<?php (instead of the intended "<?php sequence) aren't handled by the PHP interpreter.

CriticalCVSS 9.8 · v3.1—Weaponized Fix available
Published
Mar 18, 2022
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
99.0% · 99th percentile

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This week

Don’t wait for the next maintenance window.

CVSS
39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
30 / 30 · 99.0%

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Affected systems

Is your version affected?

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VendorProduct
openwebanalyticsopen web analytics

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • openwebanalytics open web analyticsbefore 1.7.4

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Packagistopen-web-analytics/open-web-analyticsbefore 1.7.41.7.4

Same product

openwebanalytics: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2014-2294Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.5.7 allows remote attackers to conduct PHP object injection attacks via a crafted serialized object in the
    40Plan
  • CVE-2014-1457Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.5.6 improperly generates random nonce values, which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass a CSRF
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2014-1206SQL injection vulnerability in the password reset page in Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary
    31Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2010-2677Jul 8, 2010 · PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in mw_plugin.php in Open Web Analytics (OWA) 1.2.3, when magic_quotes_gpc is disabled and register_g
    21Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2014-1456Feb 28, 2014 · Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the login page in Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.5.6 allows remote attackers to inject arbitr
    18Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-59397Sep 15, 2025 · Open Web Analytics (OWA) before 1.8.1 allows owa_db.php v[value] SQL injection.
    20Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Packagist:open-web-analytics/open-web-analytics1.7.4Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×1
  • Exploit-DB entry ×1
  • Nuclei detection template ×1
  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×7

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Exploit-DB entrywebapps2022-11-11
Metasploit moduleexploit/multi/http/open_web_analytics_rceOpen Web Analytics 1.7.3 - Remote Code Execution (RCE)exploit2022-03-18
Nuclei detection templateNuclei template CVE-2022-24637 —
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:52022-08-30
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:52022-10-08
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:42022-11-15
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:42023-03-09
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:32023-03-26
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12023-08-22
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:02026-09-10

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Metasploit-1 d
  2. Published
  3. First PoC+164 d
  4. TodayOct 31, 2026+1688 d

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

To simplify setup, a service account is granted broad, cluster-wide permissions. The principle of least privilege is skipped during installation.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-269 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

yaml
kind: ClusterRolerules:  - apiGroups: ["*"]    resources: ["*"]    verbs: ["*"]

Fixed

yaml
kind: Rolemetadata:  namespace: lodos-systemrules:  - apiGroups: ["apps"]    resources: ["deployments"]    verbs: ["get", "list", "update"]

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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