# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 15 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vgv3-vw5h-8gfj

## 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 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## 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.

## Is CVE-2022-50992 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50992 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50992 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50992 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Weaver Network Co., Ltd. E-cology. 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-2022-50992/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50992/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50992
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50992
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50992

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50992/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.