CVE-2022-31149 is a critical DNS rebinding vulnerability affecting ActivityWatch automated time tracker versions prior to 0.12.0b2. This flaw allows an attacker to gain full access to the ActivityWatch REST API. With a CVSS score of 9.6 (Critical), it presents a high-impact threat with complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness. Users are strongly advised to upgrade to version 0.12.0b2 or later, or implement the workaround of blocking DNS lookups resolving to 127.0.0.1.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:activitywatch:activitywatch:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:activitywatch:activitywatch:0.12.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.8 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.2 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
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