# CVE-2022-45088: Local File Inclusion in Smartpower Web

> Attackers can exploit improper input validation to perform local file inclusion, potentially reading sensitive files or executing code.

- **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:** 8 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 18 May 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-98r2-j37g-59rm

## What is CVE-2022-45088?

CVE-2022-45088 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Group Arge Energy and Control Systems Smartpower Web, published on 8 Feb 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in Group Arge Energy and Control Systems Smartpower Web allows PHP Local File Inclusion.

This issue affects Smartpower Web: before 23.01.01.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-45088?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Gruparge Smartpower Web.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-45088?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-45088 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-45088 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-45088 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Group Arge Energy and Control Systems Smartpower Web

- [CVE-2022-45089](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45089/): SQL Injection in Smartpower Web (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-45090](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45090/): SQL Injection in Smartpower Web (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-45085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45085/): Server-Side Request Forgery in Smartpower Web (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-45087](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45087/): Cross-site Scripting in Smartpower Web (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2022-45086](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45086/): Cross-site Scripting in Smartpower Web (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-45088 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-45088 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in Group Arge Energy and Control Systems Smartpower Web, published on 8 Feb 2023. 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-2022-45088 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Group Arge Energy and Control Systems Smartpower Web. 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-2022-45088/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45088/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45088
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45088
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-45088

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45088/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.