# CVE-2022-43455: CVE-2022-43455

> An attacker can start, stop, or restart arbitrary services on the server due to improper input validation in RTLS Studio.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 16 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-32pr-mxf9-qhx8

## What is CVE-2022-43455?

CVE-2022-43455 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Sewio RTLS Studio, published on 18 Jan 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Sewio’s Real-Time Location System (RTLS) Studio version 2.0.0 up to and including version 2.6.2 is vulnerable to improper input validation of user input to the service_start, service_stop, and service_restart modules of the software. This could allow an attacker to start, stop, or restart arbitrary services running on the server.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-43455?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sewio Real-Time Location System Studio.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-43455?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-43455 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-43455 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43455 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sewio RTLS Studio

- [CVE-2022-45444](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45444/): CVE-2022-45444 (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2022-43483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43483/): CVE-2022-43483 (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2022-47911](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-47911/): CVE-2022-47911 (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2022-41989](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-41989/): CVE-2022-41989 (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2022-45127](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45127/): CVE-2022-45127 (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-43455 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-43455 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Sewio RTLS Studio, published on 18 Jan 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-43455 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sewio RTLS Studio. 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-2022-43455/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43455/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-43455
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-43455
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-43455

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-43455/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.