CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-23134

5.3 MEDIUM Known exploited Published 2022-01-13 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Zabbix Frontend Improper Access Control Vulnerability — Zabbix Frontend

Malicious actors can pass step checks and potentially change the configuration of Zabbix Frontend.

Added to KEV: 2022-02-22
Remediation due: 2022-03-08
Ransomware use: Unknown
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23134

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2022-01-13
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 3.7 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-284, CWE-287

Description

After the initial setup process, some steps of setup.php file are reachable not only by super-administrators, but by unauthenticated users as well. Malicious actor can pass step checks and potentially change the configuration of Zabbix Frontend.

Affected configurations

• zabbix zabbix (>= 5.4.0 <= 5.4.8) • zabbix zabbix 6.0.0 • fedoraproject fedora 34 • fedoraproject fedora 35 • debian debian linux 9.0

Weakness · CWE (2)

CWE-284 Improper Access Control weakness
CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References