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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-38121

A remote attacker with general user privilege can access all users‘ and administrators' account names and passwords via this unprotected configuration file.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 3.74%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.74%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

UPSMON PRO configuration file stores user password in plaintext under public user directory. A remote attacker with general user privilege can access all users‘ and administrators' account names and passwords via this unprotected configuration file.

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS
3.74% probability · 90th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-522
Affected
upspowercom/upsmon pro
Source
twcert@cert.org.tw
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 3.74%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 3.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.