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CVE-2022-28481

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-28481 is a critical CSV Injection vulnerability affecting the CSV-Safe gem versions prior to 3.0.0, stemming from a lack of proper filtering for special characters. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:csv-safe_project:csv-safe:*:*:*:*:*:ruby:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0173 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 36,821 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
rubygemspatch availablevia ghsa
Product: csv-safeFixed in: 3.0.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

rubygemsGHSA-f55g-x8qq-2569critical

CSV-Safe improperly filters special characters potentially leading to CSV injection

May 3, 2022

References

github.com / zvory/csv-safe
ProductThird Party Advisory
github.com / zvory/csv-safe/issues/7
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / zvory/csv-safe/pull/8
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory