CVE-2022-34983 describes a critical backdoor vulnerability present in versions 0.0.1 through 0.0.4 of the scu-captcha package in PyPI. This flaw allows for unauthenticated remote code execution, posing a severe risk to systems utilizing the affected scu-captcha_project. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 0.0.1, <= 0.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:scu-captcha_project:scu-captcha:*:*:*:*:*:pypi:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.