# CVE-2022-38115: Insecure Methods Vulnerability

> An attacker can discover allowed HTTP methods like OPTIONS, DELETE, TRACE, and PUT, potentially aiding further attacks against SolarWinds SEM.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 24 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4528-vmxj-v97w

## What is CVE-2022-38115?

CVE-2022-38115 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds SEM , published on 23 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Insecure method vulnerability in which allowed HTTP methods are disclosed. E.g., OPTIONS, DELETE, TRACE, and PUT

Weakness: CWE-436 (Interpretation Conflict), CWE-650 (Trusting HTTP Permission Methods on the Server Side)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38115?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Solarwinds Security Event Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-38115?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38115 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-38115 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38115 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SolarWinds SEM 

- [CVE-2024-0692](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0692/): SolarWinds Security Event Manager Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-38114](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38114/): Client-Side Desync Vulnerability (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-38113](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38113/): Information Disclosure Vulnerability (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38115 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-38115 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds SEM , published on 23 Nov 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-2022-38115 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SolarWinds SEM . 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-2022-38115/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38115/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38115
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38115
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38115

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38115/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.