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CVE-2022-38121· NVD / CVE Program· CNA twcert

POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

UPSMON PRO configuration file stores user password in plaintext under public user directory. A remote attacker with general user privilege can access all users‘ and administrators' account names and passwords via this unprotected configuration file.

MediumCVSS 6.5 · v3.1—Weaponized No fix recorded
Published
Nov 10, 2022
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
3.5% · 89th percentile
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Action score

27

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 3.5%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · twcert
6.5
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
upspowercomupsmon pro

Affected versions

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

  • upspowercom upsmon pro2.57

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (twcert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO

    • 2.57affected

Same product

upspowercom: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2022-38119POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO - Broken Authentication
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2022-38122POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2022-38120POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO - Path Traversal
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

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

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Metasploit moduleauxiliary/gather/upsmon_traversalPOWERCOM UPSMON PRO Path Traversal (CVE-2022-38120) and Credential Harvester (CVE-2022-38121)auxiliary2022-11-10

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. Metasploitsame day
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+1420 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

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.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-522 · Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS vector

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

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Noroxi analysis

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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