# CVE-2022-1699: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in causefx/organizr

> Attackers can cause denial of service in Organizr via uncontrolled resource consumption, preventing legitimate users from accessing applications.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.9 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 May 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hvw7-225w-4gx2

## What is CVE-2022-1699?

CVE-2022-1699 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in causefx/organizr, published on 12 May 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in GitHub repository causefx/organizr prior to 2.1.2000. This vulnerability can be abused by doing a DDoS attack for which genuine users will not able to access resources/applications.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption), CWE-190 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1699?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Organizr Organizr.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1699?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1699 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-1699 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1699 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in causefx/organizr

- [CVE-2022-1698](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1698/): Allowing long password leads to denial of service in causefx/organizr (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-41370](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41370/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-41372](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-41372/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-1347](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1347/): Cross-site scripting in causefx/organizr (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2022-1909](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1909/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in causefx/organizr (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1699 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1699 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in causefx/organizr, published on 12 May 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1699 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: causefx/organizr. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1699/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1699/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1699
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1699
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1699

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1699/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.