# CVE-2022-38119: POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO - Broken Authentication

> An unauthenticated remote attacker can bypass authentication to gain administrator privileges, allowing full system control or service disruption.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 1 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wrjq-c6h8-5hjq

## What is CVE-2022-38119?

CVE-2022-38119 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO, published on 10 Nov 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

UPSMON Pro login function has insufficient authentication. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to bypass authentication and get administrator privilege to access, control system or disrupt service.

Weakness: CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38119?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Upspowercom Upsmon Pro.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-38119?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38119 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-38119 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38119 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO

- [CVE-2022-38122](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38122/): POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO - Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-38120](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38120/): POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO - Path Traversal (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-38121](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38121/): POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO - Insufficiently Protected Credentials (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38119 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-38119 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO, published on 10 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-2022-38119 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO. 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-2022-38119/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38119/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38119
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38119
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38119

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38119/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.