# CVE-2022-4869: Evolution Events Artaxerxes POST Parameter middleware.py information disclosure

> Remote attackers can exploit a flaw in the POST parameter handler to disclose sensitive information, requiring a patch for mitigation.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4x7c-4p58-rg9q

## What is CVE-2022-4869?

CVE-2022-4869 is a low-severity vulnerability in Evolution Events Artaxerxes, published on 5 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Evolution Events Artaxerxes. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file arta/common/middleware.py of the component POST Parameter Handler. The manipulation of the argument password leads to information disclosure. The attack can be initiated remotely. The patch is identified as 022111407d34815c16c6eada2de69ca34084dc0d. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. VDB-217438 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4869?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Evolution-Events Artaxerxes.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4869?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4869 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4869 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4869 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4869 is a low-severity vulnerability in Evolution Events Artaxerxes, published on 5 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-4869 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Evolution Events Artaxerxes. 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-2022-4869/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4869/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4869
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4869
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4869

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4869/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.