# CVE-2022-33012: Account Takeover Through Password Reset Poisoning

> Attackers can perform account takeover via host header injection in Microweber CMS, requiring users to upgrade to a patched version.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 29 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rp7f-fhm8-9hpf

## What is CVE-2022-33012?

CVE-2022-33012 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microweber Microweber, published on 22 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Microweber v1.2.15 was discovered to allow attackers to perform an account takeover via a host header injection attack.

Weakness: CWE-74 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-33012?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including microweber/microweber. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `microweber/microweber` | Packagist | All versions to 1.2.15 | None |
| `microweber/microweber` | Packagist | All versions to 1.2.15 | None |

Products: Microweber Microweber.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-33012?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-33012 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-33012 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-33012 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Microweber Microweber

- [CVE-2022-0558](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0558/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in microweber/microweber (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-23138](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-23138/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-0688](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0688/): Business Logic Errors in microweber/microweber (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2022-0660](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0660/): Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information in microweber/microweber (critical 9.4)
- [CVE-2022-0913](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0913/): Integer Overflow or Wraparound in microweber/microweber (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-33012 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-33012 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microweber Microweber, published on 22 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-33012 exists.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- microweber/microweber (Packagist): affected all versions up to 1.2.15; no fix listed
- microweber/microweber (Packagist): affected all versions up to 1.2.15; no fix listed

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-2022-33012/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33012/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-33012
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-33012
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-33012

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-33012/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.