CVE-2022-50992 Weaver E-cology 9.5 Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via XmlRpcServlet
Unauthenticated attackers can read arbitrary files, including credentials, via the XmlRpcServlet interface in Weaver E-cology.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-50992?
CVE-2022-50992 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Weaver Network Co., Ltd. E-cology, published on 30 Apr 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Weaver (Fanwei) E-cology 9.5 versions prior to 10.52 contain an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the XmlRpcServlet interface at the XML-RPC endpoint that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying file paths to the WorkflowService.getAttachment and WorkflowService.LoadTemplateProp methods. Attackers can exploit these methods without authentication to retrieve sensitive files including system configuration files and database credentials from the server. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2022-12-14 (UTC).
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50992?
How do I fix CVE-2022-50992?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-50992 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2022-50992 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50992 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-vgv3-vw5h-8gfj.