CVE-2022-40084
OpenCRX before v5.2.2 was discovered to be vulnerable to password enumeration due to the difference in error messages received during a…
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Description
OpenCRX before v5.2.2 was discovered to be vulnerable to password enumeration due to the difference in error messages received during a password reset which could enable an attacker to determine if a username, email or ID is valid.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 44 days later
· 44 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.78% · top 44% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.opencrx:opencrx-clientGHSA-j5v3-363p-g843 (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/204.html#:~:text=User%20enumeration%20via%20discrepancies%20in%20error%20messages.%2C-CVE-2004-0294&text=Bulletin%20Board%20displays%20different%20error%2Cbrute%20force%20password%20guessing%20attack. (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/ciph0x01/OpenCRX-CVE/blob/main/CVE-2022-40084.md (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j5v3-363p-g843 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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