# CVE-2022-23055: ERPNext - Improper user access conrol

> Low-privileged users can impersonate administrators to send messages and read private chats in ERPNext due to missing authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/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:** 22 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gxgf-4cfv-cmq2

## What is CVE-2022-23055?

CVE-2022-23055 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Frappe Erpnext, published on 22 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In ERPNext, versions v11.0.0-beta through v13.0.2 are vulnerable to Missing Authorization, in the chat rooms functionality. A low privileged attacker can send a direct message or a group message to any member or group, impersonating themselves as the administrator. The attacker can also read chat messages of groups that they do not belong to, and of other users.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-23055?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Frappe Erpnext.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-23055?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-23055 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-23055 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23055 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Frappe Erpnext

- [CVE-2026-44442](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-44442/): ERPNext: Unauthorised Document modification due to missing validation (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2026-38431](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-38431/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-66438](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-66438/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-66439](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-66439/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-66440](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-66440/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-23055 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-23055 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Frappe Erpnext, published on 22 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-23055 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Frappe Erpnext. 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-2022-23055/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23055/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23055
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23055
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-23055

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23055/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.