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CVE-2022-45062

32
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-45062 is a critical argument injection vulnerability (CWE-88) affecting Xfce xfce4-settings versions prior to 4.16.4 and 4.17.x prior to 4.17.1, impacting various Debian and Fedora distributions. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete 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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 4.16.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfce:xfce4-settings:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.17.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfce:xfce4-settings:4.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0141 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

gitlab.xfce.org / xfce/xfce4-settings/-/commit/55e3c5fb667e96ad1412cf249879262b369d28d7
PatchVendor Advisory
gitlab.xfce.org / xfce/xfce4-settings/-/commit/f34a92a84f96268ad24a7a13fd5edc9f1d526110
PatchVendor Advisory
gitlab.xfce.org / xfce/xfce4-settings/-/issues/390
Broken Link
gitlab.xfce.org / xfce/xfce4-settings/-/tags
Release NotesVendor Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XGTGTTPFHDUB3EZHVKDK4H32QUUYPPFF
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202305-05
debian.org / security/2022/dsa-5296
Third Party Advisory