# CVE-2022-46371: Alotcer - AR7088H-A Information disclosure

> An attacker can obtain the default administrator username from error messages in Alotcer AR7088H-A firmware, facilitating unauthorized access.

- **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:** 12 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q322-ffvh-65rm

## What is CVE-2022-46371?

CVE-2022-46371 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alotcer AR7088H-A, published on 12 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Alotcer - AR7088H-A firmware version 16.10.3 Information disclosure. Unspecified error message contains the default administrator user name.

Weakness: CWE-209 (Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information), CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-46371?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Alotceriot Ar7088h-a Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-46371?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-46371 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-46371 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-46371 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Alotcer AR7088H-A

- [CVE-2022-46372](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46372/): Alotcer - AR7088H-A Authenticated Command execution (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-46371 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-46371 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alotcer AR7088H-A, published on 12 Jan 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-2022-46371 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Alotcer AR7088H-A. 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-2022-46371/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46371/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-46371
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46371
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-46371

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46371/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.