CVE-2022-35413
WAPPLES through 6.0 has a hardcoded systemi account.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.0%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
WAPPLES through 6.0 has a hardcoded systemi account. A threat actor could use this account to access the system configuration and confidential information (such as SSL keys) via an HTTPS request to the /webapi/ URI on port 443 or 5001.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 17.98% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- pentasecurity/wapples
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 18.0% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en/marketplace/apps/penta-security-systems-inc.wapples_sa_v6?tab=OverviewPatch, Product, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- https://medium.com/%40_sadshade/wapples-web-application-firewall-multiple-vulnerabilities-35bdee52c8fb
- https://www.pentasecurity.com/product/wapples/Product, Vendor Advisory
- https://azuremarketplace.microsoft.com/en/marketplace/apps/penta-security-systems-inc.wapples_sa_v6?tab=OverviewPatch, Product, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- https://medium.com/%40_sadshade/wapples-web-application-firewall-multiple-vulnerabilities-35bdee52c8fb
- https://www.pentasecurity.com/product/wapples/Product, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.