# CVE-2022-22733: Access-Token in ElasticJob UI causes password disclosure

> An attacker with a guest account can access sensitive information, leading to password disclosure and privilege escalation in ElasticJob UI.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jan 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3g8v-6552-p38w

## What is CVE-2022-22733?

CVE-2022-22733 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache ShardingSphere ElasticJob-UI, published on 20 Jan 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor vulnerability in Apache ShardingSphere ElasticJob-UI allows an attacker who has guest account to do privilege escalation. This issue affects Apache ShardingSphere ElasticJob-UI Apache ShardingSphere ElasticJob-UI 3.x version 3.0.0 and prior versions.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22733?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apache Shardingsphere Elasticjob-Ui.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-22733?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22733 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-22733 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-22733 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Apache ShardingSphere ElasticJob-UI Privilege Escalation & RCE Exploit (github_poc): https://github.com/Zeyad-Azima/CVE-2022-22733
- Apache ShardingSphere ElasticJob-UI privilege escalation (nuclei): http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-22733.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Apache ShardingSphere ElasticJob-UI

- [CVE-2022-31764](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-31764/): Apache ShardingSphere ElasticJob-UI allows RCE via event trace data source JDBC (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-22733 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-22733 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache ShardingSphere ElasticJob-UI, published on 20 Jan 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-22733 exists.

Affected product: Apache ShardingSphere ElasticJob-UI. 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-2022-22733/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22733/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22733
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22733
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22733

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22733/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.