# CVE-2022-30620: Cellinx NVT – IP PTZ Camera Privilege Escalation

> An attacker can escalate privileges to administrator by modifying specific cookie values in Cellinx IP PTZ Cameras with guest access enabled.

- **Severity:** High 8.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jul 2022
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7mq3-jhxf-cfj7

## What is CVE-2022-30620?

CVE-2022-30620 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cellinx NVT - IP PTZ Camera, published on 18 Jul 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

On Cellinx Camera with guest enabled, attacker with web access can elevate privileges to administrative: "1" to "0" privileges by changing the following cookie values from "is_admin", "showConfig". Administrative Privileges which allows changing various configuration in the camera.

Weakness: CWE-565 (Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-30620?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cellinx Cellinx Nvt - Ip Ptz Camera Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-30620?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-30620 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-30620 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30620 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cellinx NVT - IP PTZ Camera

- [CVE-2022-30621](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30621/): Cellinx NVT – IP PTZ Camera local file inclusion (high 7.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-30620 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-30620 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cellinx NVT - IP PTZ Camera, published on 18 Jul 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-30620 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cellinx NVT - IP PTZ Camera. 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-2022-30620/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30620/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-30620
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-30620
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-30620

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-30620/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.