# CVE-2022-48341: Privilege escalation in n/a

> A remote authenticated Tenant Administrator can escalate privileges to System Administrator by modifying the scope parameter in ThingsBoard.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 23 Feb 2023
- **Updated:** 12 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c8gv-h2p7-9j69

## What is CVE-2022-48341?

CVE-2022-48341 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

ThingsBoard 3.4.1 could allow a remote authenticated attacker to achieve Vertical Privilege Escalation. A Tenant Administrator can obtain System Administrator dashboard access by modifying the scope via the scopes parameter.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48341?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Thingsboard Thingsboard.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48341?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-48341 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-48341 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2022-40004](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40004/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2022-45608](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45608/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-27687](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-27687/): Open redirect in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-45303](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45303/): ThingsBoard Server-Side Template Injection (high 8.4)
- [CVE-2023-26462](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-26462/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48341 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48341 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Feb 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/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-2022-48341/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48341/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48341
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48341
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48341

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48341/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.