# CVE-2022-38121: POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO - Insufficiently Protected Credentials

> A remote attacker with general user privileges can read plaintext credentials from a configuration file, leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 10 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 1 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-7922-hx9c-296c

## What is CVE-2022-38121?

CVE-2022-38121 is a medium-severity vulnerability in POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO, published on 10 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

UPSMON PRO configuration file stores user password in plaintext under public user directory. A remote attacker with general user privilege can access all users‘ and administrators' account names and passwords via this unprotected configuration file.

Weakness: CWE-522 (Insufficiently Protected Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38121?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Upspowercom Upsmon Pro.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-38121?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38121 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-38121 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-38121 exists.

Public exploit code:

- POWERCOM UPSMON PRO Path Traversal (CVE-2022-38120) and Credential Harvester (CVE-2022-38121) (metasploit)

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

- [CVE-2022-38119](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38119/): POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO - Broken Authentication (critical 9.8)
- [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)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38121 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-38121 is a medium-severity vulnerability in POWERCOM CO., LTD. UPSMON PRO, published on 10 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-38121 exists.

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-2022-38121/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38121/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38121
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38121
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38121

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38121/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.